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Orders From The Dead

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Orders From The Dead

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THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

But these flames are NOT new

To OUR dead

OUR dead did cry their final prayer in those flames

Our dead did sing their last lullaby in those flames

Our dead prayed to our infidelite God in those flames

Our dead whispered a last goodbye to their mother

IN THOSE FLAMES

Фзт еЯрб мЬнб мз укйЬжеубй иб гхсЯупхме

Эче гейб мЬнб

THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

OUR dead clawed their children close in

THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

фб рбйдйЬ мпх кблЭ!

мзн еЯдбфе фб рбйдйЬ мпх;

Гйб ьнпмб фпх Иепэ!

Бч, мпх фпн рЮсбне

Фй нб иЭлщ фз жщЮ..

Фб рбйдйЬ мпх, фб рбйдйЬ мпх

ВЬжей мйб фсечЬлб гйб фз иЬлбууб

рЭцфей кбй рнЯгефбй

OUR dead watched their daughters

RAPED AND BEATEN

in the still-burning of THOSE FLAMES

OUR dead watched an ax remove their

mother's skull

and crown a wooden spit

in the continuous burning of THOSE FLAMES

OUR DEAD watched while Chrysotomos

eyes and tongue were pulled out,

teeth and fingers broken, one by one,

in the laughing and the cheering

OF THOSE FLAMES

БсрЬобне брь фзн фефсЬдб мбт

Фпхт укЯубне фзн кпйлйЬ ме мйб мбчбйсйЬ

Фпн вЬлбне кбй вЬдйже ксбфюнфбт ф'ЬнфесЬ фпх уфб чЭсйб

OUR DEAD watched their sisters drenched with gasoline

and scream with melting skin

"THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES"

OUR DEAD gave birth to Turkish victories

the gurgling and then dying trophy.

on a bayonet which marked the borders of

THE WORLD WHICH IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

Гйб ьнпмб фпх Чсйуфпэ

Мз мбт бцЮуефе Эчпхме мщсЬ мбжЯ мбт

Эчпхме гесьнфпхт, Эчпхме кпсЯфуйб

ЕЯуфе хреэихнпй!

Нбэбсче, нбэбсче!ЦщфйЬ! ЦщфйЬ!

OUR DEAD WERE DRAGGED IN MARCHES

THROUGH THE DESERT SUN

FOR WEEKS UNTIL THE SUN BURNED OUT THEIR LUNGS

and when the desert sun which was burning them like flames

ripped apart their lips, we heard the final prayer

LORD GOD HAVE MERCY LORD UPON OUR SOULS!

Мбт рспдюубне, мбт оерпхлЮубне

РбнЬиемб фпхт!

Нбэбсче, фй кЬнейт;

Нбэбсче, уюуфе мбт! ЦщфйЬ! ЦщфйЬ!

They saw the WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES

buried, not yet dead inside the pits

engraved:

"GIAOURI, INFIDELI:

OUR GOD HAS CHOSEN YOU TO DIE"

ГпнбфЯуфе, gampour

кбй гпнбфЯжбне!

Оегхмнюупх! Кбй оегхмнюнефбй

ўнпйое фб укЭлйб упх кбй фб' бнпЯгей

Чьсеше! кбй чпсеэей

Цфэуе фзн фймЮ упх кбй фзн рбфсЯдб упх! Кбй цфэнпхн.

БрбснЮупх фзн рЯуфз упх! кбй фзн брбснйЭфбй.

And now the unblessed dead have ordered us to say:

THIS is my GRAVE, MY HOLY BED

YOU CANNOT take it

YOU can NOT ERASE MY NAME

YOU can NOT ERASE OUR DEAD

YOU CANNOT ERASE THE DEAD

Because we have been ordered now

to list their names, their numbers,

to give their date of birth, their earthly city,

their father's name, the sweetness

of their mother's eyes

GOODBYE

GOODBYE

GOODBYE

and forevermore

We'll see you when the desert meets the sky

But do not FORGET MY NAME

And so these were the orders from the dead

said without a word but with a final glance:

the

SECOND

granted to the Infidel

since an Infidelite Hell

should NOT require a prayer

should NOT require a silent moment

And now the Infidel is told

to forgive and to forget

to understand :

Advance into a paradise of Dead Memories,

of Living Death, the Old Folks Home

of Catatonia

of Madness

and Despair.

"Do not ask me for the NUMBER of that Grave:

It has been stolen."

"What IS this love for bones and dirt?

Put this ancient thing behind you, Infidelite

You HAVE no claim to GOD

You Have no claim to PEACE

YOu HAVE no claim to JOY

YOU HAVE NO CLAIM

YOU HAVE NO CLAIM

YOU HAVE NO CLAIM

GIAVOURI!!!!

Remember just how lucky, sperm of Satan,

that you are:

to even BE

alive.

NOW!

Мбт фйнЬобне брь фз укЬлб

ьрщт фйнЬоейт Энб фсбрежпмЬнфйлп нб рЭупхне фб шЯчпхлб

HERE!

ACROSS THE SEA!

Фб шЯчпхлб

GIAVOUR!

ЕЯмбуфе фб шЯчпхлб, фб рефейнЬ фпх пхсбнпэ

иб чпсфЬупхн брь фб шЯчпхлб

You HAVE no God.

A man without a God

Can NOT be burned ALIVE

He never WAS alive,

not as a MAN, giavour,

but as a DOG."

[PAUSE]

BUT I HAVE orders from the Dead

that warn me:

"DO NOT FORGET ME:

My blood will fill the air you breathe

FOREVER."

"MY DEATHBIRD is Not DEAD

HE CARRIES ALL MY TEETH:

MY SMILE OF UNFORGETFULNESS,

MY LAUGH!

VRYKOLAKA!

I am the man unburied

who CANNOT sleep

IN FORTY PIECES!!!!!

I am the girl,

dismembered

and unblessed,

I am the open mouth

that drags your flesh

and will never rest

until

MY DEATH IS WRITTEN

IN A ROCK THAT CAN

NOT BE

BROKEN!"

And these are the orders

from The Dead.

Сщмйьт егю геннЮизкб, сщмйьт иб ме реиЬнщ.

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