Twenty years or so ago, I, weary of thinking too much, for the most part quit listening to contemporary music, at least in English. I wanted to get out of my head. I first ventured into Baroque, orchestral, or instrumental music, what might be called "world music," and eventually started to discover the folk music of South America. It's been a rich and rewarding aural journey.
With the war in the Ukraine weighing heavily on all our hearts, I found myself thinking of this masterful cover by Francesca Ancarola of the great Chilean artist Victor Jara's song, Canto Libre, or "Song of Freedom." A rough English translation is provided below the video.
Free Song
Poetry is a dove
that seeks a nesting place.
It bursts and opens its wings
to fly and fly.
My song is a free song
that wants to give itself
to whoever holds out their hand,
to whoever wants to fire.
My song is a chain
with no start or end
and in each link there is11
the song of the others.
Let us keep singing together
to all humanity.
Song is a dove
that flies to discover.
It bursts and opens its wings
to fly and fly.
My song is a free song.
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