{"id":94151,"date":"2026-07-27T09:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/?p=94151"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:52:56","slug":"letter-to-a-fellow-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/?p=94151","title":{"rendered":"LETTER TO A FELLOW SOLDIER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bahtiyar Hidayet, Azerbaijan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Ah, my fellow soldier,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the winter war,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we wore such thick clothes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that our uniforms were heavier than our weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet we are not respected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

as much as a singer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

who takes off clothes and sings about the \u00abHomeland.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their buttocks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are valued more than our lost lives,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

our lost arms, legs, and eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some gave their lives for the homeland,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

some their arm, some their leg, some their eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a singer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

who sacrificed a rib<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for the sake of show business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to have a slim waist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is a hundred times more respected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and more famous than we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how warmly we dressed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we still froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We lit fires out in the open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the long logs burned,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we pushed them forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not be sad, my friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day they will push us forward too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

like long burning logs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you cold again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who gave their lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are cold as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their bones ache now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps we died long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We simply do not know that we are dead,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just as we do not know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that we are alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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