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Versione inglese di Federico
MOTHER OCEANOUR SEA
  
Mother Ocean I pray you, please listenOur Sea, listen, I beg you
shed your patience on this darkest of the nightsthis night be patient
there is boat in amidst of the wavesthere is boat amidst the waves
bringing hope, carrying lifeit's a boat which brings hope
  
It has no sail, it has no engineIt does not have sail nor engine
there's no lighthouse, there is no harbor,there's no harbour, no lighthouse
there are many boats and you see them,but, you see them, they are many
this boat is their only shelterthat boat is their shelter
  
Mother Ocean, please look with himOur Sea, look at them
with just under feet comes the worldunder their feet they carry the world
and tears too many have fallenand who knows in the eyes how much ash
burying ashes and stories untoldhow many tears they have buried
  
And their song the story of weedThey are the story of grain
the fire that returns every sunsetthe fire that comes back at sunset
the bread broken and giventhe bread broken and shared
at the end of the dayat the end of the day
  
I beg of you tonightSea I beg you this night
don't pour them underdo not drown them
we pray to you, oh MotherSea, Our Sea
  
Mother Ocean, you know who guides themOur Sea, you know who leads them
it is a God who does not see bordersit's the God who has no borders
and who frees all people from bondagewho walks on water and on fire
and who walks upon fire and on waterand who breaks all the chains
  
He's the God of all and of everyit's the God of all colours
fighting war and ... hungerwho fights hunger and war
and for him no one is a foreignerand for which nobody is a foreigner
on Earth as it is in Heavenon earth as in heaven
  
And their song the story of weedThey are the story of grain
the fire that returns every sunsetthe fire that comes back at sunset
the bread broken and giventhe bread broken and shared
at the end of the dayat the end of the day
  
I beg of you tonightSea I beg you this night
let them pass overlet them through
we pray to you, oh MotherSea, Our Sea
  
Mother Ocean, please bring them to shoreOur Sea, bring them to the shore
before the last star fade in the skybefore the last star dies
and the sentry won't know and won't see thembefore the changing of the guard
before the change of the guard passes bylest the sentinel see them
  
And on the shore there is no prisonand may the land not be prison
nor handcuffs nor gun in a towernor handcuffs nor deportation
just a road ... in sweet sunlightmay it be a road washed by the sun
pay the dreams in light with wildflowersmay it never be a bad road
  
And their song the story of weedThey are the story of grain
the fire that returns every sunsetthe fire that comes back at sunset
the bread broken and giventhe bread broken and shared
at the end of the dayat the end of the day
  
I beg of you tonightSea I beg you this night
let them pass overlet them arrive
we pray to you, oh MotherSea, Our Sea.


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