Скачать или смотреть Yuji Takahashi: Like a Water Buffalo (1985). Kalle Siitonen, Accordion

Song for "Water-buffalo":

Words are born
of people's fears.
Music grows
from the people's tears
The sound of freedom
can't be defined,
but when I hear it
I know it's mine.

Our brothers' freedom
is torn away.
Our sister's sorrow
is every day
Our hands reach out to them.
Though love is strong
we cannot touch them
so we sing their song.

A song's a question
and a memory.
There is not limit
what a song can be.
The memory's meaning
depends on you.
The question's answer
is what you do.

Singing a song together
walking down the road
we don't have long.
We're hot and cold,
stop and go,
but the song ploughs on
like a water-buffalo.

Composer: Yuji Takahashi (1938-)
Lyricist: Wendy Poussard
Performer: Kalle Siitonen

Camerata-hall, Helsinki Music Centre