The Unhappy Race
The Myall Speaks
White fellow, you are the unhappy race.
You alone have left nature and made civilised laws.
You have enslaved yourselves as you enslaved the horse and other wild things.
Why, white man?
Your police lock up your tribe in houses with bars,
We see poor women scrubbing floors of richer women.
Why, white man, why?
You laugh at ‘poor blackfellow’, you say we must be like you.
You say we must leave the old freedom and leisure,
We must be civilised and work for you.
Why, white fellow?
Leave us alone, we don’t want your collars and ties,
We don’t need your routines and compulsions.
We want the old freedom and joy that all things have but you,
Poor white man of the unhappy race.
The Myall Speaks
White fellow, you are the unhappy race.
You alone have left nature and made civilised laws.
You have enslaved yourselves as you enslaved the horse and other wild things.
Why, white man?
Your police lock up your tribe in houses with bars,
We see poor women scrubbing floors of richer women.
Why, white man, why?
You laugh at ‘poor blackfellow’, you say we must be like you.
You say we must leave the old freedom and leisure,
We must be civilised and work for you.
Why, white fellow?
Leave us alone, we don’t want your collars and ties,
We don’t need your routines and compulsions.
We want the old freedom and joy that all things have but you,
Poor white man of the unhappy race.
Heute, im Englischunterricht, haben wir mit dem Thema Australien angefangen.
Damals, wurden alle Verbrecher von Großbritannien nach Australien verschifft,
weil die Engländer kein Platz in den Gefängnissen mehr hatten.
Die Weißen, besiedelten den neuen Kontinenten und töteten viele
von den Ureinwohnern (Aboriginals).
Sie warfen einige in den Fluss Myall, welcher nun klagt.
(Im übrigen haben die Ureinwohner Australiens über 200
Jahre für eine Entschuldigung von den "Weißen" warten müssen,
für all das Leid, das ihnen angetan wurde.)
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