This Eritrean song by Tewelde reda (music) and EriMixUp (lyrics) explores the philosophical concept that human life is fragile and temporary, emphasizing that since we are 'born from dust' and 'breathing borrowed time,' we should cherish our loved ones and hold them gently while we are here, as 'dust remembers all' and 'we return there.'
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Eritrean Music - Born from dust, Breathing borrowed time We call lifeAdded:
[music] [music] >> Born from dust, no [music] guarantee.
[singing] Breathing borrowed time.
>> [music] >> We call life.
Hearts beat fragile like glass [music and singing] wind.
One blink away.
We disappear. [music] Morning feels [music and singing] certain.
Night can steal.
>> [music] >> We plan futures.
Time [music] lapse softly.
We are human. [singing] Born from dust.
We [music and singing] are human.
Hold it close.
Dust remembers all.
We return there.
>> [singing] [music] >> We are human.
Born from dust. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Feet on ground, yet drifting [music] souls, we chase [singing] meaning through fading days.
Every breath given can be [music] taken.
We forget quickly how small we are.
No [singing] one promised the next sunrise.
>> [singing] >> So, hold gently >> [music] >> what you love.
We [music] are human, born from dust.
We [singing and music] are human, hold it close.
Dust remembers all.
We [music and singing] return there.
We [singing] are human, born from dust.
Time laughs softly, still we sing.
One warm hand means everything.
[music and singing] Morning feels certain.
Night can steal.
Still [music] we love while we are here.
We are human, born [screaming] from dust. [music] We are human, hold [singing] it close.
Dust all.
We return there. We are human, [singing] born from dust.
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