BEFORE THEIR

DIASPORA

FROM THE COLLECTION OF

KHALID RAAD

This war did not spring up here in our land

This war was brought upon us by the children

Of the Great Father who came to take our land

From us without price, and who, in our land,

Do a great many evil trouble...

It has been our wish to live here

In our country peaceably, and do such things

as may be for the welfare

And good of our people, but

The Great Father has filled it with soldiers

who think only of our death

Sinte Galeshka