Sunday, April 29, 2012

Breaths Sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock











Breaths                                                              
Sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock


Those who have died have never, never left
The dead have a pact with the living
They are in the woman’s breast
They are in the wailing child
They are with us in our homes
They are with us in the crowd
The dead have a pact with the living

Listen more often to things than to beings
Listen more often to things than to beings
When the fire’s voice is heard
Tis the ancestors’ breath
In the voice of the waters
Ah-wsh        ah-wsh

Poem by Birago Diop

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