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Lyrics: Tamar Radzyner
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Advice For a Daughter
by Tamar Radzyner (translation by Joe & Gay Giordano)
You ask for guidance, my child—
what can I tell you?
I, a loser in bitter obscurity,
I, the fake without passion, without strength—
but listen if you choose to:
Believe the lad if he tells you he loves you,
believe in friends—trust is important—,
believe in big and noble ideas,
believe they can apply to everyday life,
believe that life is a walk in the park,
believe that tomorrow you'll win the world,
believe in your country, in God if you must,
in spiritism or Saint Erasmus,
in Ho Chi Minh, Yoga, or Jeanne d'Arc,
only believe! Believe with all you got!
The lad only needs you in the sack for a few days,
friends will falter when put to the proof,
ideals are for sentiments, not for living,
the pollution of the environment can't be reversed,
each morning will bring a new ailment,
Che Guevara, too, had his flaws,
Jeanne d'Arc at fifty? What would her morals be then?
Country? God? They couldn't care less about you.
Then you will stay, like I stayed:
in a corner, an animal ducking the blows,
slowly expiring, a trampled flame,
and despite that, despite it: You shall regret nothing!
You have burned, not just partaken
you gave without stinting,
without calculating what's in it for you,
not caring what the tally would be.
You weren't cunning, not even smart.
You believed in something. For one life that's enough.
