We Rest (1915)  by S.Simonian
We Rest
Putting best to a test
We Rest
Leaving sins unconfessed
Rest
End of quest
We Rest
Till nothing is left of the rest

Slay the East, slay the West
Then we Rest
All is home, and home is the best
Conquest
Into roses the daggers are dressed
Ar-Rest
Into poppies the killed ones are dressed
Fest
Into killed ones the red lakelet is dressed
Colored gest
Into lakelets the desert is dressed
Digest
Desert with baby-bullets caressed
Infest

No protest
Parade the guests
We myselves mix with action lest…
Lest no cases are left to de-rest
Rest the Rest
Resur-rest
We Rest. Rest. We Rest.

BREAKFAST AFTER GENOCIDE

Make sure nobody there is breathing
And if they are, just let them slowly be.
You know, the desert would have saved our bullets
If we could only set them free.

See children? They're the toughest business.
I still can't shoot the kids with opened eyes.
Let's go, my horse can't stand the smell of corpses
We have to reach the village by sunrise.


Red smoke on the village,
red air is still,
We're squeezing the daggers,
We're going to kill.

My friends, and the others
And many of us
Divine is our mission
With sabres and guns

Today we will slaughter
Those Christian fools,
Who reaped our harvest,
Who broke our rules.

The rifles are loaded
the count is set
One movement of fingers
And silence is dead.

My ears used to rattle
My eyes used to death
How many more roads
Do we have to paint red?

Throw deads to the river
Away from the roads
And redness of water
Becomes their resort...


See mothers? they're the toughest business
they clutch to infants even when it dies,
Let's go, my horse can't stand the smell of corpses
We have to reach the village by sunrise.

What's that, my boy, I hope you don't feel guilty
Don't wipe the redness off your palms and hands
Blood on your nails is like a sweating dagger
We'll show it when we're back to our friends.


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