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Lay down your arms!
I cringe at seeing this ugly, ruinous tool.
The gun in your hand speaks the language of fire and lead.
Faced with this demonic, destructive weapon,
I have nothing, but a heart filled with love for you
You! Who art the enemy of friendship.
The language of fire and lead
Is the language of anger and bloodshed,
It is the language of the tyrant's wrath,
Come, sit, talk, listen,
The light of humanity may penetrate your heart.
Brother! If you are addressing me, sit down like a brother,
Lay down your arms.
Lay down your rifle
So that the life-destroying demon may leave your soul.
What do you know of the ways of humanity?
If life has been given by God
Why should you take it away?
Why, as the result of one moment of hatred,
Should you mire your brother in dust and blood?
Let us imagine that at every moment, you tell and seek the truth.
Let us imagine that right is on your side.
But, my dear brother, you should not express truth
Through the tongue of this dumb killing tool.
If your sleepy conscience has wakened at last,
Lay down your arms.
[Poem by Fereydoon Moshiri]
[Translate by: Dr Farhang Jahanpour