Another PEACE song offered by Paul Galang to SING OUT 2011

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Another song for PEACE was offered last Saturday, February 5, to the SING OUT 2011 project ("Sing Out our Love, Peace, Joy!" global initiative) by Paul Galang, who has been a popular Filipino singer-composer. Like Joey Ayala, who had earlier offered to us his own PEACE song in English, which we carried in our blog (click here), for many people to learn for SING OUT 2011 (click here), Paul is our colleague in the Kamalaysayan movement for sense of history and collective sense of mission (click here). The song is titled Mapayapang Daigdig.

A multi-awarded, nationalist Filipino folksinger-songwriter known for his songs on human rights, social justice and peace, Paul Galang emerged mid-1970s as one of the powerful voices to protest against the Marcos dictatorship, He is one of the pioneering Filipino musicians to establish the culture of Filipino folksinging as a means of elevating people’s political consciousness and in expressing discontent against the injustices of the martial law era alongside artists Heber Bartolome, Freddie Aguilar, Jess Santiago, Lolita Carbon, Coritha, among others.

His more popular protest song compositions include Kailan ka pa Lalaya, Bayan?, an ode to the Filipino people’s never ending quest for freedom; Pinggan, a satirical presentation on the realities of the Filipino-American relationship throughout history; and Maong, a protest ballad dedicated to comrades in the Philippine social movement who dedicated their lives in advancing the struggle for freedom and social justice.

In the 1980s, he served as the Chairperson of the Buklurang Musikero Para sa Bayan and the Pambansang Koalisyon ng Musikong Pilipino (PAKOMPIL), both artists’ collectives committed to promoting the welfare of Filipino artists engaged in peace and social justice advocacies.

He has also toured and performed in various countries in Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan as an artist actively involved in various international solidarity activities for justice and peace.

In 1990, his song entitled Mapayapang Daigdig (released under BMG records) was awarded Best Folk Song at the Pinoy Music Awards of the FM radio station LA 105.9. It was also translated into Japanese with the title Heiwa Na Sekai and is considered as one of the anthems of the Japanese peace movement.

To start learning this song in the Filipino original, click at the link right below…

http://music.sutros.com/songs/2744/Paul_Galang_-_Mapayapang_Daigdig.mp3.

Then press ‘Okay’. That will start the song playing.

Then click at the email or Facebook tab at the top and/or bottom of the screen, and at the Blogsite tab to bring back this page so you can follow the lyrics below as Paul Galang and the kids sing in the background.

Mapayapang Daigdig

Hindi mga baril at armas pandigma

Ang kailangan ng mundo, ayon sa mga bata

Ang aming hinihingi ay makakaing tinapay

Na maaaring hatiin nang pantay-pantay.

Maglaro ng bola, hindi bala,

Masaya ang mundo na walang gulo,

Kung sakaling may pagtatalo,

Huwag daanin sa init ng ulo,

Ugaling iyan ay asal-hayop

Iya’y di gawang makatao.

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Dinggin ang panawagan ng mga musmos,

Ang tinig ng paslit ay tinig ng langit!

Ang awit nila’y kailan kaya maririnig?

Hatid nito ay balita ng mapayapang daigdig!

Maglaro ng bola, hindi bala,

Masaya ang mundo na walang gulo,

Kung sakaling may pagtatalo,

Huwag daanin sa init ng ulo,

Ugaling iyan ay asal-hayop

Iya’y di gawang makatao..

Dinggin ang panawagan ng mga musmos,

Ang tinig ng paslit ay tinig ng langit!

Ang awit nila’y kailan kaya maririnig?

Hatid nito ay balita ng mapayapang daigdig!

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Hindi mga baril at armas pandigma

Ang kailangan ng mundo, ayon sa mga bata

Ang aming hinihingi ay makakaing tinapay

Na maaaring hatiin nang pantay-pantay.

for more information on Sing Out 2011, please click here