I Only Pray to God
A song by Leon Gieco
(Translation by Cheryl Harleston)
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Mitakuye Oyasin. We are all related.
This war touches us all.

 

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to pain.
May the dry death never find me
empty and alone, and not having done enough.

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to injustice.
May they never slap my other cheek
After a claw has scratched my fate.

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to war.
It is a big monster that steps strongly,
Crushing all of people's poor innocence.

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to deceit.
If a traitor is more powerful than a few,
May those few not forget it easily.

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to the future.
Dispossessed are those who have to go away
To live a different culture.

I only pray to God,
May I never feel indifferent to war.
It is a big monster that steps strongly,
Crushing all of people's poor innocence.

 

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