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Egyptian-Anglo singer Natacha Atlas had already recorded a subversive political song on her record in 2010. Then the uprising in Egypt gave her the chance to adapt that song for a new Egyptian experience. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Atlas about the new track, called “Egypt: Rise to Freedom.” Download MP3
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A translation of “Egypt: Rise to Freedom”
Mubarak: “My fellow citizens..A fine line lies between freedom…and chaos.”
Natacha:
Let us stand together and awaken ,
Let us question, learn and study;
Listen, understand and think.
Let us understand,
Permit us to know-
Permit us to know freedom.
Let us know there is a land
where words are the purveyors of truth,
heads are held high,
And human will is regarded above all.
Where the world is not split into a thousand fragments,
Under siege, forgotten, or lost -
Let us perceive of it,
Let us know that place.
Let us know our land,
where words are the purveyors of truth.Mubarak: “My fellow citizens..A fine line lies between freedom…and -”
Crowds: “May Hosni Mubarak fall!”
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