Mwaũrandũ (aka William Ruto) & the Balls of Netanyahu (aka Benjamin Bibi)

 

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

A cry for Gaza, Palestine 

When they asked for volunteers
To help stroke Netanyahu’s balls
So that after spilling blood in Palestine
Netanyahu can sleep soundly in the new Jerusalem 

Mwaũrandũ thought they were talking about the balls of a cat/Nyau
He raised his hands and said that the task fitted him perfectly
For already had experience in stroking the balls of a cat/Nyau
(Even though rumor had it that the cat had scratched him
And he went for those of a rat instead)
And therefore Nyahu’s balls would not be a big deal 

Mwaũrandũ! Robber!
Mwaũrandũ!! Robber!!
Mwaũrandũũũũ!!!Robber!!!
Please lend me your ears and listen

 Netanyahu’s balls are not the same as those of a cat
Netanyahu is not a cat that meows
Netanyahu is the man who rings the bell
To awaken Zionist killers
The ones who claim to be the chosen to the end of the world
They shit the holy shit of the God of the end-of-the-world
They urinate the holy urine of the same God 

That God
Is the one who once ordered Noah’s Floods
Which wiped out generations 

Yes, That God

Once again ordered the genocide in Sodom and Gomorrah
The same who sent his angels to wipe out the firstborn males of Egypt
The same who once sent Moses on a mission of genocide in Canaan
The same who sent Saul to commit genocide against the Amalekites
The genocide that Netanyahu cites as an inspiration
Well, the genocides ordered by that angry God are countless. 

Surprise! Surprise!
That God is the one celebrated in the Old Testament
And that’s why Jesus came up with the New Testament
And talked of the God of Mercy Peace and Forgiveness
Why? 

Because Jesus was the only son of a worker
His father Joseph was a carpenter, a builder
Even Jesus started life as a worker in wood
His twelve disciples were all working men
Fishermen 

Mwaũrandũ (aka William Ruto)
Is it really true that you volunteered
To be stroking Netanyahu’s Balls
Just because you once stroked those of a cat? 

The children of Palestine are burnt to death
With you busy stroking Netanyahu’s balls
After he washes them with the blood of the children of Gaza
Mwaũrandũ don’t you fear the curse from God

The God of Peace among all
The God of prosperity for all
The God who shares goodness among humans? 

Netanyahu is cursed
He drinks the blood of the children of Gaza
He washes with the blood of the children of Gaza
Netanyahu is the leader of wealthy Zionist settlers
Netanyahu is the wealthy ringleader of Zionist nihilists
Netanyahu is a wealthy gang leader 

Mwaũrandũ
Do you know the Zionists were once set to settle in Kenya?
So that today it would have been our people moaning?
Our children being run over under Netanyahu’s tanks
Our hospitals and shrines of worship demolished with patients inside?
Our pregnant women having their pregnancies terminated by bullets? 

Fortunately Kĩmathi said
If they come we shall welcome them with gunfire
Kenya belongs to us Black people 

The Zionist settlers stopped in their tracks
With their tails between their legs they fled to Palestine
They claimed it to be the land promised to Zionists 

Mwaũrandũ
Were you not born in Kenya?
The land liberated by Kĩmathi son of Waciũri? 

Please remember Waiyaki son of Hinga
Remember Mekatilili daughter of Meza
Remember Mũthoni Nyanjirũ
Remember Samoe Koitalel
Remember Moraa son of Ngiti
Remember Kimathi son of Ciũri 

Mwaũrandũ
Stop selling our beloved country to any bidder
The land liberated with the blood of patriots and matriots
The Mau Mau
Kenya is the land of people of Kenya
The peasants and the workers of the land

And therefore 

Let us give our support to
The workers and peasants of Gaza and Palestine
Be they of Jewish, Arabic or Ethiopian origins
The masses generate a commonwealth
To benefit all the children of working men and women
Together, collectively. All children of the same Creator.

Translated from Gĩkũyũ by the author

Spanish Translation of  the Poem.
Un grito por Gaza, Palestina – Voces del Mundo (vocesdelmundoes.com)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family.  His writing examines the legacy of colonialism. In his own words, He has been “a language warrior,” fighting for indigenous languages to find their rightful place in the literary world.                  

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