This is the latest poem by the great "Ahmed Foad Najm" who writes poems and thoughts opposing the Egyptian Government. I will paste it in Arabic, then try my best to translate into English:
طاطي راسك طاطي طــــاطي
انت ف وطن ديمقراطـــــــي
انت بتنـــعــــم بالحــــــــــرية
بس بشرط تكون مطاطــــــي
لما تكون شغــال بذمــــــــــة
خايف على مصــلحة الأمــة
شغلك يطلع من غير لازمــة
علشان مبيعلاش غير واطي
طاطي راسك طاطي طاطـــي
انت ف وطن ديمـــــقراطي
لما حاميها يكون حراميــها
وبلاده ورا ضهره رامـيـها
طالع نازل واكل فيـــــــــها
مسنود بالبدلة الظباطــــي
طاطي راسك طاطي طاطـــي
انت ف وطن ديمـــــقراطي
لما شــقاك يصــبح مش ليك
فقرك سد السكة علــــــــــيك
تتلفّت تلــــقى حـــوالـــــــيك
إما حرامي و إما عقــــاطي
طاطي راسك طاطي طاطــــي
انت ف وطن ديمقراطـــــــي
لماتلاقي بـــــلاد الـدنـيـــــــا
فيها البني آدم حــــاجة تانية
وانت في الطبقات الـــــــدنيا
قرد مسلسل أو وطواطــــي
طاطي راسك طاطي طاطـــي
انت ف وطن ديمقراطــــــي
لما الجهلة يبــــــقوا أمــامــك
أو فوقك ماسكــين ف زمامك
ويسوقك ع الهــلكة إمامك
تشرب م السم السقـــــراطي
طاطي راسك طاطــــي طاطي
انت ف وطن ديمقـــــــراطي
لمــــا الكلـــمة تكون بتدينـك
لما تخبي ف قلـــــــبك دينــك
لما الذل أشوفه ف عيـــــــنك
هات إحباطك على إحباطــــي
طاطي راسك طاطي طاطـــي
انت ف وطن ديمقراطــــــي
انت ف وطن ديمقراطـــــــي
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
You are blessed with freedom
in the condition that you are made of rubber
When you work with dignity
And you are looking out for the good of the country
Then your work is worthless
Because those who rise are the dirty people
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the protectors are the thieves
And they throw their country behind their backs
Eating it up with every chance
Supported by those who wear uniforms
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When your hard earned is not yours
Poverty has blocked your ways
You look around to only find
a thief or a crook
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When you find in other countries
The human is something else
And you are down below
Like a chained monkey or a bat
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the illiterate are in front of you
Or above you holding your leash
And they guide you to your doom
Drinking from the Socratic poison
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the word convicts you
When you hide your religion in your heart
When I see the servility in your eyes
Join your frustration with mine
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country...
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
You are blessed with freedom
in the condition that you are made of rubber
When you work with dignity
And you are looking out for the good of the country
Then your work is worthless
Because those who rise are the dirty people
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the protectors are the thieves
And they throw their country behind their backs
Eating it up with every chance
Supported by those who wear uniforms
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When your hard earned is not yours
Poverty has blocked your ways
You look around to only find
a thief or a crook
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When you find in other countries
The human is something else
And you are down below
Like a chained monkey or a bat
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the illiterate are in front of you
Or above you holding your leash
And they guide you to your doom
Drinking from the Socratic poison
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country
When the word convicts you
When you hide your religion in your heart
When I see the servility in your eyes
Join your frustration with mine
Bow your head, bow
You are in a democratic country...
