Naboria Daca, Mayanimacaná [Song]

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Naboria Daca, Mayanimacaná
By Juan Luis Guerra

Taino lyrics:
Naboria daca ae,
mayanimacaná
naboria daca guaitiao,
mayanimacaná
naboria daca eo

Naboria daca ae
naboria daca eo
a mayanimacaná
naboria daca ae
naboria daca eo
a mayanimacaná
naboria daca ae
naboria daca eo

naboria daca eo
naboria daca eo
mayani mayanimacaná
naboria daca eo
naboria daca eo

Calichi
guarico guakía
calichi
guariquén
machichi
mayanimacaná
machichi
yu
peiti
ris
Naboria daca, mayanimacaná, mayanimacaná,
mayanimacaná!
naboria daca eo

machichi
mayanimacaná
machichi
yu
peiti
ris
Naboria daca, mayanimacaná, mayanimacaná,
mayanimacaná!
naboria daca eo...

English lyrics:

I am a servant
don’t kill me
I am a servant
your blood brother
don’t kill me
I am a servant
I am a servant
don’t kill me
I am a servant
Stream from the high mountain
Come to us
Stream from the high mountain
Look, come and see
my heart
don’t kill me
my heart
white
black
red
I am a servant
don’t kill me,
don’t kill me
don’t kill me!

Spanish lyrics:

Soy un siervo
no me mates
soy un siervo
tu hermano de sangre
no me mates
soy un siervo
soy un siervo
no me mates
soy un siervo
Fuente de la montaña alta
ven a nosotros
fuente de la montaña alta
mira, ven a ver
mi corazon
no me mates
mi corazon
blanco
negro
rojo
Soy un siervo
no me mates,
no me matas,
no me matas!

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A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Juan Luis Guerra, for this haunting trip back into the past, this song that has been described as the Anthem of the Taino Resurgence.

Listening to this song always makes me sad. I don't think only about the pain that was visited upon the First Nations people of the Americas including those who once occupied our islands of Trinidad and Tobago and were direct ancestors to many of us today although some are not even aware of this blood connection.

I hear the voices of all oppressed humanity in this song. As I said elsewhere, I do very much believe that we are ALL First Nations people and especially in places like Trinidad and Tobago, where our ancestors came from every corner of the globe, some by physical force, some by force of necessity, all experiencing loss at some if not all levels.

And many of us in this region continue to feel loss because of geopolitical factors. I remember once reading a speech by Fidel Castro in which he made the statement that "we are the new Indians of this hemisphere."

"2. [Text] I have also referred to the 500th anniversary of the so-called discovery of America, everything that occurred throughout the centuries, and therefore that scientist's efforts had such a human content, but now we need a lot of [word indistinct] so they will understand and defend us. Because we are the new Indians of this hemisphere. I was saying that in my opinion, when we analyze the social and economic situation of our peoples, I said that the level of exploitation is greater, and in my opinion, in this hemisphere our peoples have become net exporters of capital to the rich countries, to those who have exploited us for centuries, those who made themselves the owners with our....[rephrases] those that became rich with our sweat and blood, and today continue to exploit us. Source: Castro Comments on Relations With Brazil: Address to Clergy in Sao Paulo, 19 Mar, 1990.

I agreed with that statement but I also acknowledged that as leaders and citizens, we make choices to collude or to surrender so one can arrive at either of two conclusions - "We LIKE it so" or "It MUST be so."

I suppose the Eurythmics, in their "Sweet Dreams" said it best with no tiresome attempt at philosophical fine-tuning:

"Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something.

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused."

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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare