Allahu Akbar Is the Slogan of Suppression

Allahu akbar is the slogan of ignorance.
Allahu akbar is the slogan of deception.
Allahu akbar is the slogan of suppression.
Thus said the people,
Who against a militia’s loudspeaker
Cannoning them with “allahu akbar”,
Shouted: “Rascal! Rascal!”
Thus said the people,
Who against the mullah leader
Calling them “stooges”,
Shouted: “Dictator! Dictator!”
Once, allahu akbar was the slogan of streets.
Once, allahu akbar was the slogan of rooftops.
Once, allahu akbar was the slogan of false hopes.
Slogans change.
Leaders change.
What remain are the people
Who take to the streets
In search of bread and freedom.
Thus said a poet
Crying for his homeland.*
Majid Naficy
January 3, 2018
*- Referring to this video from recent demonstrations in Iran.