[스크랩] song of Bangladesh............Joan Baez

 

Joan Baez >> Song Of Bangladesh

 

예전에(20년도 더 된)  들었던 노래인데, 상당히 정치적으로 해석되었었다.

그 내용이 가물가물하여 인터넷에서 찾아봤는데, 정확한 자료는 못 찾겠다.

 

다만, 1972년 작품이라는 점, 1971년에 방글라데시가 파키스탄으로부터 독립했다는 사실,

가사가 반군부/반독재적인 내용인 것으로 미루어 보아 71~72년즈음 신생국가에서 흔한

인권유린에 대한 항의차원에서 만들어진 게 아닌가 싶다.

어쩌면, 파키스탄으로부터의 독립과정에 대한 얘기인지도...

(아무튼, 역사는 1975년부터 몇차례 군부쿠데타가 났다고 기록하고 있다)

 

존 바에즈의 명곡.

 

매년 홍수로 수천명씩 죽어가는 것도 모자라, 해일로 또 죽어간 수많은 사람들을 기리며...

그리고 수십만명이나 죽었음에도 불구하고, 호기심과 자극적 화젯거리로만 회자함에,

또 무력함을 핑계삼아 숫자에나 흥분했던 나를 반성하며...

우리 주변의 동남아시아 사람들과 더불어...

 Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
When the sun sinks in the west 
Die a million people of the Bangladesh 


The story of Bangladesh 
Is an ancient one again made fresh 
By blind men who carry out commmands 
Which flow out of the laws upon which nation stands 

Which is to sacrifice a people for a land 

Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
When the sun sinks in the west 
Die a million people of the Bangladesh 


Once again we stand aside 
And watch the families crucified 
See a teenage mother's vacant eyes 
As she watches her feeble baby try 
To fight the monsoon rains and the cholera flies 


And the students at the university 
Asleep at night quite peacefully 
The soldiers came and shot them in their beds 

And terror took the dorm awakening shrieks of dread 
And silent frozen forms and pillows drenched in red 


Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
When the sun sinks in the west 
Die a million people of the Bangladesh 

Did you read about the army officer's plea 

For donor's blood? It was given willingly 
By boys who took the needles in their veins 
And from their bodies every drop of blood was drained 

No time to comprehend and there was little pain 

And so the story of Bangladesh 
Is an ancient one again made fresh 
By all who carry out commands 

Which flow out of the laws upon which nations stand 
Which say to sacrifice a people for a land 


Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
When the sun sinks in the west 
Die a million people of the Bangladesh  

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