All I ask of God (Tonight's lullaby)

[Xipe Totec]

I have to leave now; I have a Skype meeting with a software team in Beijing.

So I leave this lovely song for you tonight:

All I Ask of God - Leon Geico:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncwEGxjhEE

All I ask of God,
Is that pain not make me indifferent
That death not find me an empty husk;
not having done enough.

All I ask of God,
is that I not become indifferent to unfairness,
to not let my other cheek to be slapped,
After a claw has scored my forehead.

Chorus:

All I ask of God,
is that war not make me indifferent
War is a great monster that steps hard
over all the innocent poor.

All I ask of God,
is that lies not make me indifferent
that if a traitor overcomes the few,
that the few not easily forget.


All I ask of God,
is that the future not make me indifferent
doomed is the one who has to march on,
to live among a different culture.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Xipe Totec!

What a beautiful song, and those lyrics!

They really hit home for me...

These are words to live by, indeed...

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[Xipe Totec]

3. Thank you!

I posted it on the Latin American Forum, and Judy Lynn did some awesome research on it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=405&topic_id=11397&mesg_id=11398

Most of this I knew, but I often forget that Hispanic culture is not mainstream culture in the US; I stupidly forget to explain the significance of the songs.

:hug:

[emilyg]

2. Thank you.

[Xipe Totec]

4. My pleasure!

:hi: