sobota, 15 sierpnia 2015

Cherokee People, Cherokee Pride


Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk
performed by Paul Revere and the Raiders


They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan

Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die

They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part redman deep inside

Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die

But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return, will return,
will return

sobota, 8 sierpnia 2015

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Podnosili ramiona ku niebu
w nadziei, że dotkną obłoków, 
chcieli szybować wśród gwiazd.
jedni zwątpili,
inni dusze ptaków
zaklęli w ogniu i stali.

A my wciąż podnosimy ku niebu ramiona
w nadziei, że dotkniemy obłoków.
chcemy szybować wśród gwiazd.
Trwamy cierpliwie ,
aż nasze ramiona przemienią się w skrzydła
uniosą nas ponad marzenia