Que mis ojos se despierten con la luz de tu mirada, yo a Dios le pido que mi madre no se muera y que mi padre me recuerde, a Dios le pido que te quedes a mi lado y que más nunca te me vayas mi vida, a Dios le pido que mi alma no descanse cuando de amarte se trate mi cielo a Dios le pido por los días que me quedan y las noches que aún no llegan yo a Dios le pido por los hijos de mis hijos y los hijos de tus hijosa Dios le pido que mi pueblo no derrame tanta sangre y se levante mi gente a Dios le pido que mi alma no descanse cuando de amarte se trate mi cielo a Dios le pido un segundo más de vida para darte y a tu lado para siempre yo quedarme Un segundo más de vida para darte y mi corazón entero entregarteUn segundo más de vida yo a Dios le pidoY que si me muero sea de amor y si me enamoro sea de vos y quede tu voz sea este corazón todos los días a Dios le pido y que si me muero sea de amor y si me enamoro sea de vos y que de tu voz sea este corazón todos los días a Dios le pido,a Dios le pido...
English:
My eyes were awake con la luz de tu mirada, yo with the light from your eyes, I a Dios le pido I ask God que mi madre no se muera that my mother did not die y que mi padre me recuerde and I remember my father a Dios le pido I ask God que te quedes a mi lado that you stay by my side y que ms nunca te me vayas, mi vida ms and that you never leave me, my life a Dios le pido I ask God que mi alma no descanse that my soul does not rest cuando de amarte se trate, mi cielo when love is concerned, my sky a Dios le pido I ask God Por los das que me quedan By das that I have left y las noches que an no llegan, yo and an evening that did not arrive, I a Dios le pido I ask God por los hijos de mis hijos by the children of my children y los hijos de tus hijos and the children of your children a Dios le pido I ask God que mi pueblo no derrame tanta sangre that my people not spill so much blood y se levante mi gente and lift my people a Dios le pido I ask God que mi alma no descanse that my soul does not rest cuando de amarte se trate, mi cielo when love is concerned, my sky a Dios le pido I ask God Un segundo ms de vida para darte A second ms of life for you y mi corazn entero entregarte and give you my whole corazn un segundo ms de vida para darte ms for a second life for you ya tu lado para siempre yo quedarme your side forever, and I stay un segundo ms de vida, yo ms for a second life, I A Dios le pido I ask God que si me muero sea de amor is that if I die of love y si me enamoro sea de vos and if I LOVE is for you y que de tu voz sea este corazn and that your voice is this corazn todos los das All das a Dios le pido I ask God que si me muero sea de amor is that if I die of love y si me enamoro sea de vos and if I LOVE is for you y que de tu voz sea este corazn and that your voice is this corazn todos los das All das a Dios le pido I ask God a Dios le pido I ask God Que mis ojos se despierten My eyes were awake con la luz de tu mirada, yo with the light from your eyes, I a Dios le pido I ask God que mi madre no se muera that my mother did not die y que mi padre me recuerde and I remember my father a Dios le pido I ask God que te quedes a mi lado that you stay by my side y que ms nunca te me vayas, mi vida ms and that you never leave me, my life a Dios le pido I ask God que mi alma no descanse that my soul does not rest cuando de amarte se trate, mi cielo when love is concerned, my sky a Dios le pido I ask God Un segundo ms de vida para darte A second ms of life for you y mi corazn entero entregarte and give you my whole corazn un segundo ms de vida para darte ms for a second life for you ya tu lado para siempre yo quedarme your side forever, and I stay un segundo ms de vida, yo ms for a second life, I A Dios le pido I ask God que si me muero sea de amor is that if I die of love y si me enamoro sea de vos and if I LOVE is for you y que de tu voz sea este corazn and that your voice is this corazn todos los das All das a Dios le pido I ask God que si me muero sea de amor is that if I die of love y si me enamoro sea de vos and if I LOVE is for you y que de tu voz sea este corazn and that your voice is this corazn todos los das All das a Dios le pido I ask God a Dios le pido I ask God
The Song:
A Dios le Pido translates in English “ To God I ask” . The song pertains to the drug trafficking war that occurs in the Medellin, Colombia. The artist is being torn apart by the endless war zone; where innocent civilians are being kidnapped and homicides are happing. Medellin, Colombia is know for the infamous Medellin Cartel (www.filebox.vt.edu). The Cartel dealt the Cocaine trafficking that occurred around the 1970’s with the world-renowned king pens (www.filebox.vt.edu). The six men were using violence to distribute Cocaine and began a war with the Colombian government ( www.filebox.vt.edu). Since the Medellin Cartel, the city is known as Cocaine City and for the constant brutalities that occur in Medellin (www.filebox.vt.edu). In the song, the composer asks God to protect his mother from death, for his father to always remember him and for God to keep his love ones by his side. “ Yo a Dios le pido que mi madre no se muera y que mi padre me recuerde, a Dios le pido que te quedes a mi lado y que más nunca te me vayas mi vida...” (Juanes). These lines correlate with the Nanjing Holocaust because some of the victims were parents and were taken away from their families by war.
The song is a petition to God that an individual would pray for. An individual would ask God to protect his or her family and to always keep their love ones close. In the song “A Dios le Pido”, generations are mentioned , “ yo a Dios le pido por los hijos de mis hijos y los hijos de tus hijos” (Juanes). The verse translates I ask God for the children of my children and the children of your children. The verses showing how war does not just effect one, but everyone. The sinister massacre that occurred in Nanjing has effected generations because the rape has not been recognized by Japan. Japan’s denial does not permit relevance for the victims’ families or permit national boundaries to properly educate their citizens. Asking God for your own and other’s generations’ safety signifies that effects that death has and how one does not want the terror to continue, but to diminished. The song emphasizes on the trauma that war causes to the world and its people. The composer asks for God to demise the endless war, to put an end to the rivers of blood, and for his people to stand as one. “ Que mi pueblo no derrame tanta sangre y se levante mi gente” (Juanes). The hope of God ending violence is spoken in “ A Dios le Pido”. The conscience of death is heard in the song, but the evidence that there is hope is well inserted in the lyrics as well. The hope that is heard in the lyrics related to the hope Nanjing Holocaust victims’ families have as well.
Book: The Devil of Nanking by: Mo Hayder
The Novel deals with a Britiah girl named Gray who journies to Tokoyo to meet Professor Chongmig, who was a survior of the
Nanking Massacre. It is Professor Chongmig that can expose the truth of the massacre since he has the film footage that proves her theory. Yet, he refuses to show her the footage! The lesson of letting go and being able to forgive are correlated in the novel's plot as well as insite of China's gangster world! The novel brings the grim reality of the atrocities that occured in the massacre and the history that occured between China and Japan.
" I've spent half my life researchomg the war in China. I undid the band and spread out my notes. There were sheets of translations in my tiny handwriting, photocopies of testimonies from the library books, sketches I'd dine to help me visualize what had happened. Especially
Nanking. Look, I held up a crumpled paper covered in tiny characters, this is about the invasion-it's a family tress of the Japanese chain of command, it's all written in Japenese, see? I did it when I was sixteen. I can write some Japanese and some Chinese. Shi Chongming looked at it all in silence, sinking slowly into his chair, a strange look on his face. My sketches and diagrams aren't very good, but I don't mind it any more when people laught at them- each one means something important to me, each one helps me order my thoughts, each one reminds me that every day I'm getting nearer the truth of something that happened in Nanking in 1937. And this ... I unfolded a sketch and held it up. It was on a sheet of A3 and over the years transparent lines had worn into it where it had been folded for storage... this is supposed to be the city at the end of the invasion. It took me a whole month to finish. That's a pile of bodies. See? I looked up at him eagerly. If you look carefully you can see I've got it exactly right. You can check it now, if you want. There are exactly three hundred thousand corpses in this picture and - Shi Chongming got abruptly to his feet and moved from behind the desk. He closed the door, crossed to the window overlooking the archery hall and lowered the blinds. He walked with a slight tow to the left and his hair was so thin that the back of his head seemed almost bald, the corrugated, as if there was no skull there and you could see the folds and cervices of his brain. 'Do you know how sensitive this country is to mention Nanking?'... 'Do you know how powerful the right wing is in Japan? Do you know the people who have been attacked for talking about it? The Americans-' he pointed a shaky finger at me, as if I was the nearest representation of America-' the Americans, MacAruther, ensured that the right wing are the fear-mongers they are today. It is quite simple-we do not talk about it.' I lowered my voice to a whisper. But I've come all this way to see you. 'Then you'll have to turn round and go back,' he answered. 'This is my past you're talking about. I am not here, in Japan of all places, to discuss the mistakes of the past" (Hayder. 14-15).
The Novel:
The passage I choose corresponds to the research paper I wrote because in the passage Professor Shi Chongming, who was a victim of the Nanjing (Nanking) Holocaust, refused to speak about the tragedy or even recognize the terror that was caused by Japan. "Do you know how sensitive this country is to mention Nanking?'... It is quite simple-we do not talk about it" ( Hayder. 15). Being a Japanese resident, Professor Shi Chongming reveals Japan's concealment of the holocaust and how Japan attempts to cover the event by simply not mentioning th word Nanking. The novel maybe fiction, but in reality it is the truth. For over eight decades Japan has been trying to deemphasize the Nanjing annihilation by calling the atrocities "part of the war" or censoring history books. Acts that strip the truth from humanity seem to be justified because like Professor Shi Chongming states it is a sensitive topic.
Yet, people like Gary want to know the truth and reveal the knowledge to the rest of the world. "I've spent half my life researching the war in China. I undid the band and spread out my notes...reminds me that every day I'm getting nearer the truth of something that happened in Nanking in 1937" (Hayder.14). Unfortunately Japan is like Professor Shi Chongming, who proceeds to deny the holocaust that occurred in 1937. "'This is my past you're talking about. I am not here, in Japan of all places, to discuss the mistakes of the past" (Hayder.15). The morbid tragedy is not just Professor Shi Chongming, but three hundred thousand other Chinese victims past. One day Nanjing Holocaust victims' voices will be heard without being violently reprimanded.
Film: Nanking Directored and written: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Release: July 3, 2007
The flim pertains the horrors that occured in the Nanking Massacre,but also how forgniers assisted the innoncent people and resuced 250,000 civilians. The films goal was to bring awarness to a tragedy that occured in Asia,but that involved American missionaries and educators. The flim exposes how a little help can make the biggest impact unlimately savings lives! The film is composed by non-fiction frames and interviews. The film Nanking is trying to recreate the atrocities committed by the Japanese army and expose the truth to Western Civilization.
Artwork: "Redemption" by Leslie Navarrete
I collected pictures that would illuminate the true horrors of the Nanjing Holocaust. In two of the pictures one sees dismantled children, implicating the Japanese Army was not merciful to anyone even children. In another picture one see the mutilation of a woman's body. The soldiers would rape women afterwards kill their or mutilate their body. The artwork also exposes the countless methods Japan's army used to amuse themselves. Finally, I choose the picture of a riot occurring in today's world because it reveals to the national boundaries the denial that Japan still holds toward the Nanjing annihilation.
I titled my artwork " Redemption" because it is these exact evil deeds that Japan needs to take responsibility to and repair the damage they have not. The portrait signifies agony that innocent Chinese civilization endured. The portrait exposes the agony and the horrific events citizens witnessed. It sadness me because there has not been an official apology given to the countless victims instead the event is concealed and justified. Japan needs to confront its a moral character and stop hiding under a civil cloak because their are barbarians!
No comments:
Post a Comment