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Based on a narration by Eduardo Galeano ('Otra canción')

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(English translation below)

Breyten zuen izena: Breyten Breytenbach
Hiltzera zigortua
Pretoriako kartzelan txuri bakarra
beltz askoren artean

Egunsenti bakoitzan exekuzio bat
heriotza tantaka
Lurra ireki baino lehen azken kantua bat
kantatzen omen zuen kondenatuak

Breyten esnatzen zuten
hiltzera zihoazenen
kantu ezberdin horiek
egunero batek

Breyten libratu egin zen urkatik
baina inolaz ere kantu horietatik

Kondenatua

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(English translation)

BREYTEN


He was called Breyten: Breyten Breytenbach
Condemned to death in a prison in Pretoria
He was the only white man
Among many black people

Condemned

Every dawn an execution
Death leaked
Moments before the ground was opened
The condemned used to sing a last song

Those songs of the ones who were going to die
Woke Breyten up,
Every day a different one

Breyten avoided the gallows
But never again those songs

Condemned

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from Jaio​.​Musika​.​Hil, released October 4, 2005

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BERRI TXARRAK Lekunberri, Spain

Formed in 1994 in Lekunberri (Nafarroa, Basque Country), BERRI TXARRAK boasts a discography currently featuring seven records and a documentary film, each of them a milestone in the band’s unstoppable progression. BERRI TXARRAK (translation: Bad News) has set out from the Basque rock scene to conquer the world through constant international touring. ... more

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