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Lyr Add: I Am Willing - Holly Near DigiTrad: HAY UNA MUJER DESAPARECIDA Related threads: Lyr Req: Nikolaya Girl - Nicolia, by Holly Near (8) Chords Req: I Ain't Afraid - Roy Bailey Version (4) Lyr Req: Good For the World by HARP (Holly Near) (2) American Masters: Holly Near (7) Lyr Req: songs recorded by Holly Near (8) Lyr Req: Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida (Holly Near) (11) Lyr Req: Started Out Fine (Holly Near) (6) Lyr/Chords ADD: Singing for Our Lives (Holly Near) (12) Lyr Req: junta knows / Hay una mujer desaparecida (6)
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Subject: Lyr Add: I Am Willing - Holly Near From: Felipa Date: 07 Jun 21 - 07:07 PM I AM WILLING - Holly Near I am open and I am willing To be hopeless would seem so strange It dishonors those who go before us So lift me up to the light of change There is hurting in my family There is sorrow in my town There is panic in the nation There is wailing the whole world round I am open ... May the children see more clearly May the elders be more wise May the winds of change caress us Even though it burns our eyes I am open ... Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion Give me a desert to hold my fears Give me a sunset to hold my wonder Give me an ocean to hold my tears I am open ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkGk5maD8Q Yiddish version sung by Polina Shepherd and Lorin Slkamberg Kh'hob dem Kheyshek also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXUsnJQYbQE HOB DEM KHEYSHEK by Yuri Vedenyapin [transliteration of Yiddish words] Kh’hob dem gloybn, kh’hob dem kheyshek, Zayn fartsveyflt tor men nit, Mir gedenken doyres kemfers Far banayung un far likht. Mayn mishpokhe filt a veytik, Un mayn shtot iz ful mit tsar, S’iz dos gantse land dershrokn, S’filt di velt a shvern gzar. Kh’hob dem gloybn... Zoln kinder zen alts klorer, Un di firers kliger zayn; Blozt shoyn, vintn fun banayung, Zol es baysn, s’iz keday. Kh’hob dem gloybn... Helf mir, boym, un halt mayn dayge, Helf mir, midber, halt mayn shrek, Mikh farkishef, royte shkie, Nem, bloyer yam, mayn trer avek. Kh’hob dem gloybn... Translation of the Yiddish song that was based on Holly Near's "I am Open" I have faith, I have yearning, To be despondent is not allowed, We remember generations of activists For renewal and for light. My family feels pain, And my town is full of sorrow. The whole country is frightened, The world feels a hard decree. May children see more clearly And the leaders be wiser; Blow, winds of renewal, Let it bite, it’s worth it. Help me, tree, and stop my worry, Help me, desert, stop my fear, Enchant me, red sunset, Ocean, take my tears away. (source, concert programme Boston Workers' Circle, Singing for a Better World, May 2021 |
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