STOP YOUR POUNCE, O BEASTLY-MAN
dedicated to a 11 year old girl who was raped in Kosovo, 2022)
Stop your pounce, o beastly-man
don’t you know that there is a God,
don’t you have a mother, a sister
or anyone who waits for you at home?!
You raped me today, you destroyed my brother
you destroyed my mother, sister and father.
From today on my doll will cry unceasingly
I am still small, the doll is my only dowry!
The heart is trying to get out
while your cruel hand is touching me
the pacifier of milk has not dried yet
still inside my mouth smile the first teeth!
Stop and listen to this child’s cry
free the soul from this unceasing tirany,
don’t take off my sandals that my mother put them on,
she has cared for me like her eyes, like the lamb on cottage!
Oh do not tear off my dress today,
my father gave it to me, with ribbon, you burned my soul,
do not rape me, no, do not disecrate
do not push my face to the ground, do not push me!
Today to the Dardan childhood you opened a new grave
stop the pounce, o beastly-man,
my cheeks for you are quite soft
stop your monster behaviour, may you be cursed!
Do not tear off my fate necklace, instead of gold
my lip still flows out bosom’s milk!
O sky open, bring clouds,
bring thunders, thousand of lightning flashes
may they petrify your hands
may they melt them like the stainless steel!
O sky pour down, o earth open!
Gather the angels of divine justice
punish them who iced the tears of a mother
those who cut all the beams of the moon
those who hurt the manliness of the sun
those who raped the blueness under the sky!
