Martin Auer   A Farewell Song to the Earth
Channel: Martin Auer
Date: 2019-11-10

A FAREWELL SONG TO THE EARTH - THERE IS NO PLANET B
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Now farewell you gleaming glaciers,
now farewell you forest deep.
Now farewell you trouts and salmon
who from icy waters leap.
Now farewell you gentle springtime,
nature slowly giving birth,
for there‘s a harder summer coming,
coming all over the earth.

Now farewell, city of Venice,
slowly drowning in the sea.
Now farewell, New York and Shanghai
for your fate the same will be.
Now farewell you Bangla village
soon the floods bring death and dearth
for there‘s a harder summer coming
coming all over the earth.

Now farewell you fields of Africa
covered under desert sands.
Now farewell you blooming orchards,
without fruit your blooming ends.
Now farewell, you bees and songbirds,
your sounds once filled our hearts with mirth.
Now there‘s a harder summer coming
coming all over the earth.

Our house it is on fire
and a child cries: Put it out!
But those making money kindling it
keep denying, sowing doubt.
Yes they keep kindling the fire
just toting up how much it‘s worth
and they bring a harder summer
a harder summer over the earth.

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