Shpetim Slemani - UNFORTUNATELY

If you are a sworn democrat, they call you a hardcore communist,
if you are a hardcore communist, they call you a dirty democrat,
if you are a peaceful animal, they call you pervert,
if you are relatively good, they call you angry animal,
at any cost you have to be what were you told to be,
at any cost you have to be what they see at themselves.

If you are a born dreamer, they call you a dead sleeper,
if you are a reasonable sleeper, they call you a funny dreamer,
if you are a persecuted atheist, they call you a devout believer,
if you are a sickly believer, they call you a fat atheist,
at any cost you have to be what were you told to be,
what they see at themselves.

If you are an ordinary fool, they call you a revolutionary,
if you are a far-sighted revolutionary, they call you a government’s yes-man,
if you are a real nationalist, they call you an outmoded patriot,
if you are a true patriot, they call you a mad nationalist,
at any cost you have to be what were you told to be,
as they say to you.

If you are an ordinary mad, they call you an extra-ordinary wise man,
if you are a brave wise man, they label you with emblem of madness,
if you are a great lover, they call you a dirty whoremaster,
if you a boring whoremaster, they proclaim you Eros,
at any cost you have to be what were you told to be,
it used to be like this and it will be like this.

If you are a leaf on the tree, they call you a worm in the roots,
if you are a worm in the roots, they call you a bird on branch,
if you are a slave, they call you a free man,
if you are a free man, they proclaim you as somebody’s possession,
at any cost you have to be what were you told to be,
it used to be like this, honey, and it
will be like this.

Unfortunately.

Translated by Fadil Bajraj