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A TRAITOR I AM NOT
A traitor I am not but hunger is a
traitorA traitor I am not but disease is a
traitor
Humiliation is treacherous
and poverty is a traitorAnd what shall I do
with all these betrayals gathered within me?
A traitor I am not but hunger is a
traitorA traitor I am not but disease is a
traitor
Humiliation is treacherous
and poverty is a traitorAnd what shall I do
with all these betrayals gathered within me?
And who stalks me and who libels me?
Who asserts dominion over me
Who charges my terrible guilt?
None other than Kings of Treachery
and Princes of Heresy
A heretic I am not. It is you who blasphemes me
Buried in my house, and not able to emigrate because
You eat the morsel from out of my mouth and your food is laid
before you comradeIf to tell the plain truth is heresy then perhaps I too am a heretic
Yet a traitor I am not. Only hunger and disease
are traitorsAnd a heretic I am not.
Humiliation and poverty are heretics
And who stalks me and who libels me?
Who asserts dominion over me
Who charges my terrible guilt?
None other than Kings of Treachery
and Princes of Heresy
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