Emakume Jaio Nintzen ~ NOKA

NOKA and Laurent Ascarain
Ontario Basque Center, Oregon ~ October, 2012
EMAKUME JAIO NINTZEN
(A Daughter for Equality)
Emakume jaio nintzen lehen
Karrera bat estudiatu nahi nuen
Estudiatu? Hobe dun ahaztu
Senarra hartu 'ta ondo zaindu
Denbora pasa 'ta neska bat izan da
Ikastea din zale
A girl tells her father that she wants to study for a profession, but her father tells her that she’s better off finding a man to take care of.
Larogeian jaio naiz eta
Kirolaz bizi nahi dut aita
Lan hau dun gizonentzat alaba
Aukera ezan neskaren lana
Denborak aurrera ‘ta eskubideak
Ez ditun berdin aurreratzen
A girl tells her father that she wants to make her living playing sports, but her father tells her that that’s a man’s job-she better off doing women’s work.
Zenbat aldiz entzun dinagu hemen
Gure eskubideak aurrez etengabe
Hala ere zapalduta gaitun
Honekin bukatu behar din lehenbailehen
Even though they keep telling us that women are making progress, we are still oppressed. With time, we’ll rid ourselves of this, too.