Message from Estonia

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For decades the Estonian people endured the yoke of Communism. But they never stopped believing in themselves or their people, and they created music that reflected their faith. It is our hope this message from Estonia will resonate with their decadent cousins in Western Europe and America . Open this page to see the lyrics below as you watch the video.
YouTube- Ãœhenkoorid - Isamaa ilu hoieldes (X noorte laulupidu 01.07.2

Keeping the Beauty of Fatherland

Keeping the beauty of fatherland.
Fighting against the enemy:
Pay attention, pay attention,
Pay attention, pay attention!

If you believe in yourself,
In opinions of the wise,
In shoulders of the strong,
In mightiness of the elders,
In nimbleness of young men,
In sisters, brothers,
Above all in yourself,
Then you get better life.

If you believe the talk of the wolf,
Fear the yelps of the dogs,
Hear the curses of the masters,
Complains of the underlings,
Bitings of the greedy,
Admonishments of the low ones,
Scolds of the blind,
Then you get nothing.

If you sink into lies,
Stooping into dreams,
On all fours under the order,
Bowing under the rubble,
Then you get fleas in groin,
Itches in your heart,
Halters on your head, bones in your stomach,
Then you go to hell.

If you believe in yourself,
Then you believe in the folk,
In the farms, in the wiseness,
In the teaching, in the rights,
In the birch grove of home place,
In the swallow by the clouds,
Then you get mighty spirit,
Then you get better life.

Suggested additional lines in more realistic mood:

Possibly, probably, probably,
And so some people say,
But fortunes may go up or down,
And riches pass away,
So hurry to the 'Chicken Shack',
Eat up your 'Quarter Pounder',
Ensure you meagre frame expands,
Rounder still and rounder,
And thus adopt each Yankee trait,
Their latest mindless crazes,
Or else you might find out one day,
Your lands been bombed to blazes.