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My name is Iñaki López Luzuriaga

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And, (i am) Basque.

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Basque is spoken in the Basque Country,

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and it is spoken by around 800.000 people,

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and I have been asked to do a recording

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of my speech and language here,

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so here I am.

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And, well, beside that,

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I wil tell something,

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as I said, I am a 'txalaparta' player too

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and I play 'txalaparta'.

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The 'txalaparta' is an instrument

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played by two people,

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a musical instrument,

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and it usually consists of three, four

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or sometimes even more wooden planks,

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which can also be made of stone, or metal too...

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And well, in the beginning, it was always

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about cider, about the cider house.

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Initially it was, let's say,

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once the cider was made,

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the neighbours were called

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to come over and celebrate,

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and it was celebrated by playing 'txalaparta'

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Well, then, thaid said,

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I also.. I also sing,

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so I'll sing something.

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Therefore, it reads as follows:

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the song is called 'Mendian lar artean',

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it was made famous by Benito Lertxundi,

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if he didn’t create the song himself.

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It goes like this:

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In the mountains, among the meadows

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a little flower is to be found

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next to it, a child, looking at the flower

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The flower wants to tell him/her:

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little child, set me free,

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I was born to be free, not to be tied up.

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The child, realizing that the flower cannot live,

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wants to remove its thorns,

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and give it a new life.

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For then it will have strenght and boldness,

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for then it will bear its fruit abundantly.

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The child, realizing that the flower cannot live,

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wants to remove its thorns,

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and give it a new life.

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For then it will have strenght and boldness,

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for then it will bear its fruit abundantly.