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We Make the Road By Walking

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Beija Flor 03:02
Lyrics: Oh Beija Flor You transcend And no one can take the levity which you defend So few believed that you'd ever fly Now no one can take the gravity that you defy. Where houses stack like dominoes And alleys know the secrets that no one else knows And thick in the air, competing with the sun Hangs a cloud of despair The city swells And swallows you whole But you won't be eaten alive It's not your time to go. Just like a kite, You transcend. When the wind gusts You sway and bend The harder it blows The higher you go Just like a kite, You transcend. Taking matters in your own hands Standing in the face of so many fears People can't be done Undoing what's been done through all of these years What you perceive Will be revealed When you follow the path inside That only you feel Oh Beija Flor Que trancener Ningunim robar a leveza que defender Deserram que no podia robar Ningunim desfiar a gravidade que e tomar Oh Beija flor Que trancender Com temporal envergar e voce balencar Quado mais sopra no alto flutuar Como uma pipa no ar Como uma pipa no ar…
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I had gone there for the first time Everyone had been so kind, warm, hospitable Still: us and them Supposed to be enemies Families torn apart by arbitrary maps On the flight back, late at night I looked down and saw a long, long line of lights in the absolute darkness The line started I don’t know where disappeared who knows where ... ... An unending line of lights I asked the person sitting next to me if he knew what it was, He said “It is the border. We put lights along the partition.” Blackness on both sides and the line of lights – a wall Like a silent scream
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Refugee 04:30
You’re a refugee, almost proud to be free But you’re just about imprisoned by your poverty You’ve built a home from the ashes of the old And in a bag you still carry almost all that you own Your guard is up and you watch for forked tongues You’re careful about the careful changing in the streets There’s a different beat to the rhythm of your heart And it carries the rhythm of machine gun In time, maybe you will see people begin to agree and drink tea with someone you haven’t seen and In time, you still might look out from behind your wall at your children in the street People’s insides can be the hardest matter of all time Bodies can be broken, but thoughts still carved in stone From rock to rubble and rubble to dust, A speck of sand in your eye won’t keep you from much The words are fire burning all the time Ashes in the air, on our skin, in our hearts Maybe these bitter tongues still might make a sweeter sound But we’re waiting for the movement of this moment to arrive
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Sirto Hijaz 02:16
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Samaai Ajam 05:58
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TRANSLATION: O, peace to you, my love, so pure and ruddy!   O, peace to you from her with cheeks of pomegranate Towards your sister run, hasten you to save her   And triumph like the son of Jesse o’er Ammon’s Rabbah Wherefore, lovely girl, do you try to waken Love   And make your voice ring out, cloaked in sounds of bells? TRANSLITERATION Shalom leben dodi hattzah veha'admon Shalom lekha me'et raqqa kemo rimon Liqrat ahotekha rutz tzei na lehoshi`ah Utzlah keVen Yishai rabbat benei `Ammon. Ma lekha yefefiya kite`oreri ahava Ut'tzaltzeli qolekh cam`il beqol pa`amon. HEBREW: שָׁלוֹם לְבן דּוֹדִי הַצַּח וְהָאַדְמוֹן שָׁלוֹם לְךָ מֵאֵת רַקָּה כְמוֹ רִמּוֹן לִקְרַאת אֲחוֹתְךָ רוּץ צֵא נָא לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ וּצְלַח כְּבֶן יִשָׁי רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן מַה לָּךְ יְפֵהפִיָּה כִּי תְעוֹרְרִי אַהֲבָה וּתְצַלְצְלִי קוֹלֵךְ כַּמְעִיל בְּקוֹל פַּעֲמוֹן
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لارا عليان يما مويل الهوا يما مويليا ضرب الخناجر ولا حكم النذل فيا ومشيت تحت الشتا والشتا رواني والصيف لما أتى ولع من نيراني بيضل عمري انفدى ندر للحرية يما مويل يا ليل صاح الندى يشهد على جراحي وانسل جيش العدا من كل النواحي واليل شاف الردى عم يتعلم بيا يما مويل الهوا بارودة الجبل أعلى من العالي مفتح درب الأمل والأمل برجالي يا شعبنا يا بطل أفديك بعينيا يما مويل الهوا
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Simple Gifts 04:58
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight, Till by turning, turning we come 'round right
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Waterslide Alchemy By: Avi Salloway ©2012 Calabash gourds they’re filled with life And balance on her head Miles she’ll walk through Saharan heat The water she will share One sun shines down from the sky On two different worlds below One is marked by the blazing heat The other by the snow Sara she comes New Rochelle The high-rise is her home The finest schools and high class blues Only darkness does she know The sun burns red on the desert town On Fatima’s dark chocolate skin Her eyes they shine like northern lights You can feel her heart within Cultural waterslide alchemy The women of the world Share the fruit of your history With every boy and girl Lost in a world of lonely cash Disillusioned from her heart Sara she packed a bag of stash Desperate to restart She crossed the sea defiantly Leaving the west behind Landing in the Gambia The light began to shine She traveled with the Tuareg tribe Across the Saharan dunes Climbing the wall of survival New York lived behind the moon In the heat of the midday sun She came to find the well Sara she met Fatima’s eyes All at once she could tell Cultural waterslide alchemy The women of the world Share the fruit of your history With every boy and girl The rhythms of propensity And the rivers of our lives Unite the ones who subject themselves To follow the light inside Cultural waterslide alchemy The women of the world Share the fruit of your history With every boy and girl
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Yalla Yalla 03:50
Farsi Transliteration Yalla, yalla, yalla, Ay delbare ziba Cam con sabre ma ra Cam con sabre ma ra Cam con sabre ma ra Cam con sabre ma ra ----------------------------------- Make haste, make haste O, beautiful keeper of hearts Lessen our wait Lessen our anticipation Lessen our wait Lessen our anticipation

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In summer of 2012, 35 artists from 9 countries came together to explore the role of the expressive arts to transform conflict and build equal social relationships across differences. Over the course of 10 days through a partnership between Seeds of Peace and the Transcendence Project, these artists and educators shared and uncovered their multiple narratives, while also developing educational tools to address the psycho-social needs of youth in places of conflict and systemic injustice. A cumulative performance of music, spoken word, visual arts, and theater showcased their co-creations, bearing witness to multiple narratives, and personal and collective struggles and triumphs for home and freedom. This album is the continuation of that performance through a two-year, multi-location recording and music production process spanning across the United States, Germany, India, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. Each song has a story. Each musician has a story. By interweaving the two, we recognize the humanity and dignity within each of us, and our responsibility as educators and artists to make the road by walking.

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We Make the Road by Walking -- The journey is long, and perhaps never-ending. This is the essence of co-creation, a process always moving, shaped by its surrounding realities while also shaping its environment to create what did not exist before. We Make the Road By Walking is a sonic glimpse into the lives of educators and artists living amidst conflict and systemic injustice seeking to challenge what is deemed permanent and unchangeable within ourselves and our communities. This album symbolically represents the necessary journey of recognition, dignity, and humanization to realize a just peace. Though we are not there yet as violence, fear, occupation, and inequality persist, we invite the listener to open their ears to hear the untold stories and witness the humanity and dignity within each of us. It is from here that we all can make the road by walking. Join us.

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released November 26, 2015

Recording: Ami Yares, Tamer Omari, Gavri-Tov Yares, Avi Salloway, Manar Zimmo, Ghassan Birumi, Mohammad Taha, Micah Hendler
Kela Sappir, Yoram Bitton, Aaron Shneyer, Gulan Kripalani
Hadass Aharon, Shamou, Emilia Dahlin, Shoshana Gottesman

Mixing: Ami Yares
Mastering: Alain Paul Mastering

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All songs are available as "donation only." All proceeds go to directly supporting the Seeds of Peace Educators Program for the Expressive Arts.

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