It Is No More Freedom

When the hour of freedom Brought you home You moved to make way For the arriving gods Now freedom's gone, where Can we go? You know how much we suffered When we fled into exile The suffering that we suffered Is your suffering We sacrificed ourselves Through scorched earth and Scores of blood You were not there the night The nation was born The whole world for all eternity Was waiting for that moment You were not present When the national anthem and The flag were hastily approved In the blindness of our first days Never again did we see one another In the same way Never again did we hear a speech With the same meaning Our eyes and ears have Been removed and Replaced by the sight and hearing Of the Ruler Africa has been generous: The Ruler has his share of Nature's gifts Years have continued on The laughter of a free people Has gone silent, and has been Replaced by the mournful wails Of heartbroken citizens It is no more freedom