Friday Morning Cantos with Xica Nation / Week 2 featuring Iris Rodriguez (Yacatsol)
Lyrics in English and Spanish below
— Manifesto and prayer of the day by @gabestorres
“May I love in ways that devastatingly disrupt organized state violence.
May I hope in ways that stand in direct and fervent opposition against white cis hetero patriarchy.
May I rest and play in ways that trouble and tremble the forces and figures that exploit and capitalize on the fear of lack.
May I create and strategize in ways that destroy pipelines, the legacy of the rich and of landlords, and the passive illusion that we don’t have what it takes to do so.
May I sing, write, speak — communicate in ways that invite you to become a student and practitioner of a new world—where we count on each other for safety, resources, accountability. Where all are free.”
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“Solo Un Instante” sung by Iris Rodriguez (Yacatsol)
Written by Juan Axixic Sanchez Hernandez
yacatsol.com
xicamedia.com
xicanation.com
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LYRICS
“Solo un instante” Spanish (followed by English translation)
Lo dicen los danzantes
lo dicen los abuelxs
lo dijo Nezahualcoyotl
y los temazcaleros
Lo dicen los del norte
lo dicen los del sur
el águila y el condor,
y el colibrí azul
Venimos a la vida
venimos a soñar
venimos a cantar
venimos a danzar
Venimos a la vida
nomas de pasadita
solo un instante aqui
Madre Tierra bendita
Dejemos al menos flores
dejemos al menos cantos
dejemos al menos flores
dejemos al menos cantos
Hagamos alabanzas
hagamos nuestras danzas
Dejemos al menos flores
dejemos al menos cantos
Como fugaz estrella
como la flor más bella
como un sútil suspiro
de sublime pajarillo
Venimos a la vida
nomas de pasadita
solo un instante aqui
Madre Tierra bendita
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION “Just One Instant”
The danzantes say it,
the grandparents say it,
Nezahualcoyotl said it
also the sweat lodgers
The ones from the north say it
the ones from the south say it
the eagle and the condor,
and the blue hummingbird
We come to life
we come to dream
we come to sing
we come to dance
We come to life
just passing through
just here for one instant
blessed Mother Earth
Let’s leave at least flowers,
let’s leave at least songs,
let’s leave at least flowers,
let’s leave at least songs.
Let’s sing our praises,
let’s dance our dances,
let’s leave at least flowers,
let’s leave at least songs
Like a fleeting star,
like the most beautiful flower,
like a subtle sigh of a sublime little bird
We come to life
just passing through
just here for one instant
blessed Mother Earth
