116.A Good Catch Poem by rajagopal haran

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Was reading an article by Lasantha-wickramatunga who was editor of Sunday Leader –Sri Lanka; this was the last editorial before his assassination

He concludes the editorial with the following poem

There was one a German religious philosopher Martin Nei Muller; he was against jews;
He was a supporter of Hitler in his youth; herealised that Hitler was against anybody who even thought against him and not only destroying Nazis; he was captured in 1937 and tortured for 8 years and killed in 1945

Before his death he wrote a poem

This I read in my mother tongue Tamil; it was very realistic and wonderful

I am giving my translation in English
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They came to capture jews
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a Jew

They came to capture communists
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a communist

Then

They came to capture the trade unionists
I did not open my mouth
Because
I was not a trade unionist

Finally

They came to capture me
That time
There was nobody
To speak
For me!

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