Labarik Lakon - TIMOR LESTE

 

Here is the translation  a language spoken in Timor Leste, to English:

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**First Image:**

I want to return

Return to my old place

I want to return

Return to my old place

Far across the ocean

Warming my body

And the heart of Timor

Children lost, girls and boys

Walking without saying a word

Day and night also lost

Carrying wood to the house

Tilling the land, the people bring the news

This is what they tell me

Mother asked her to believe that

True news can also appear as a miracle

Mother, I'm on the way

Return home

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Return to my living place

I return home

Return to my old place

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East Timor

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**Second Image:**

I was tied up with traditional clothes

When they came

A soldier said, "bring this one"

I thought about school

From inside the car

Looking at your face, crying

More than 30 years have passed

But today I return

Return to my living place

Bringing in my heart the memory of the sea,

Leaving my burnt house

The people like me

With a good heart came to me,

Maybe I should have cried when they took me away

Mama... mama... mama...

Mother, come and get me

Don't leave me alone

Hug me to save me

I want to return

Return to my old place

I want to return

Return to my old place

Far across the ocean

Warming my body

And the heart of Timor

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**Third Image:**

I was tied up with traditional clothes,

When they came

A soldier said, "bring this one"

I thought about school

From inside the car

Looking at your face, crying

More than 30 years have passed

But today I return,

Return to my living place

Bringing in my heart the memory of the sea,

Leaving my burnt house

The people like me

With a good heart came to me,

Maybe I should have cried when they took me away

Mama... mama... mama...

Mother, come and get me

Don't leave me alone

Hug me to save me

I want to return

Return to my old place

I want to return

Return to my old place

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This song is reflecting on themes of displacement, longing, and returning home.