
Slaughter Permit – A Poem by Bob Dylan
Human thinks
As he rules on earth
He can do anything
And if something is not according to his will
He will change it
Oh human, he holds his destiny in his hands
And his first step was touching the moon
There is a woman in my neighborhood
Who sits there when the night gently spreads its skirt
And she says:
Who will give permission for the slaughter of humans?
Now they take the human and torture him
They wash his brain, for life
They put him on a path, towards sickness
Then they bury him with the stars
And they collide with his body like a disposable machine
There is a woman in my neighborhood
She sits there facing the hill
And she says:
Who will give permission for the slaughter of humans?
Now she is in the midst of destruction, scared and confused
And her brain, with great abilities, is lost
She only trusts her eyes
But her eyes also lie to her
Translation: Translation by: Elham Zolghadr
