Why did they select us to be their victims?

They axed all the trees in the forest 
For one ship. 
They stripped us all 
The dead and the living 
For one sail. 
Then they commanded us to weep 
And wave for them 
So that the sea would be large enough for them to depart 
And the wind would be suitable 
For them to leave suddenly 
Before we learned their language. 
Yet we will write our story as we wish 
Half the truth is for us 
And half the lie is for them. 
We will elaborate where nature permits 
And we will curtail where there is grass to cover 
We will tell their story as we would like to remember ourselves: 
Victims facing ascendancy 
(Exactly as this poem begins) 
We will teach our children we were confident of victory from the beginning 
And we allowed them to seize the forest 
Because they were axing their absence. 
We will write as we wish. 
But they will leave us and we will never know 
Why did they select us to imitate their hatred of nature? 
Why did they train us to pause at the seashore? 
Why do we still stew over their axes? 

لماذا اختارونا كي نكون ضحاياهم ؟

لماذا اختارونا كي نكون ضحاياهم ؟