Essa semana andei afastado do blog... desculpem amigos, mas estou sem computador! Me mudei e ja nao tenho mais os computadores do dormitorio, e os da faculdade nao me permitem instalar o Hello, para postar fotos... Gomenasai...
Mas tenho estado muito sensibilizado com a pobreza... acho que eh porque estou aqui quase cinco meses sem ve-la... viver no meio dela, sem vive-la... como a classe media do Brasil, nos deixa meio duros e insensiveis... entao ahi vai uma letra linda, de Joan Baez, chama-se "Cambodia", e eh um olhar de um habitante do limpo e desinfetado (e afetado) Primeiro Mundo sobre a guerra, a fome, a doenca, e a morte de uma pais chamado Cambodja...
O link para a fonte da letra vai no fim do post...

I hear there are very few children from ages one to five

It takes more than jungle leaves to keep the young ones alive

I hear some of the rice got through the outside's trying to send to you

There you sit in the ruins of war, the doctors are waiting at your door

And we will try and feed you, try and go to you

People of Kampuchea, Cambodia

A little way in from the border in the crowded camps

I've seen mothers giving birth, seen beautiful orphans dance

An old man turns and covers his eyes, he was never supposed to cry

With sons and daughters and home and wife

Taken from him in his autumn life

Should we try and feed you, say hello to you

Old man of Kampuchea, Kampuchea, Cambodia

Call another conference, write another song

Deliver another ton of rice and hope it gets where it belongs

And rival teams of bandits are really the only choice

Even if the people had their bellies filled, even if the people had a voice

And meanwhile, lovers are caught in the crossfire

Children are caught in the barbed wire

Military sinks in the mire

Let me show it to you

Is there only sorrow, only sorrow in Cambodia?

Is there no tomorrow, no tomorrow in Cambodia?

Still we'll try and feed you, try and show to you

People of Kampuchea, Kampuchea, Cambodia

© 1980 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP)

Cambodia, by Joan Baez



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