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Song Lyrics to There Was a Massacre in Andizhan:
(Translation from the website of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting)

Don't say you haven't heard,
You well-dressed princesses.
Hey, you deaf and blind ones -
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

On the president's orders,
With Kalashnikov bullets
The people were shot at by his servants.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

The Padishah [Shah] did not listen to the people,
He did not hear their cries of suffering,
He has not chosen the path of justice.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

He let the armoured vehicles open crackling fire,
Killing young and old,
Shooting, shooting, shooting terribly.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Shooting, cutting people to ribbons,
Hunting them down in the streets,
Like dogs biting their prey.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Children died on the streets,
Bright red like tulips,
Shattered mothers were weeping,
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

He destroyed a local community,
Shaken like fruit from a mulberry tree,
Both men and women.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Women with babes in arms,
Pregnant women too,
Died begging for mercy.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

The whole world found out
about this massacre,
Everyone was filled with anger.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Fatherless sons
born in the street -
That's who did the shooting.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

The bastards who fired the shots
Are the kind who sleep with their mothers,
And are mired in their own excrement.
There was a massacre in Andizhan

We tested our ruthless leader,
And found him a terrorist.
We were filled with hatred and sorrow.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Uzbeks will not awaken,
Sunk in their fear,
Dictators will continue to shoot.
There was a massacre in Andizhan.

Don't say you haven't heard,
You well-dressed princesses.
Hey, you deaf and blind ones -
There was a massacre in Andizhan.


 


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