the two terms of dissent

A'sad Abukhalil edit: by Turkish poet Nevzat Çelik (my translation)

certainly we are not that many
we are not on that side with the many
we will be kurds in turkey
armenian among kurds
asyrrian among armenians
we’ll go be turkish in germany
surinamese in holland
algerian in france
azeri in iran
pitch black in america
surely native american among the black majority
in israel, palestinian
a cat against a dog
a bird against a cat
bugs and insects against the bird
referees will always root for the opposite team
and we’ll always end up with seven players
we will be the camellia among flowers
on the side of our lesser arm,
we will be on the left
this is the first term of dissent
and there will be few of us even on the left
because while reproducing this revolution
we will be swiftly lessening into the next
and this is the second term of dissent.