Oppskrift for herrefolk
Mari Boine| Alternative English translation | |
| RECIPE FOR A MASTER RACE Draw boundaries on the map and call it The State. Be king, minister, protector and father. Send bailiffs and businessmen, priests and soldiers to the people who own the land you take. Use bible and booze and bayonet. Break promises and agreements. Be a diplomat. Use articles of law against ancient rights. Create prejudice, discrimination and hate. Let no one question your authority. That's how you suppress a minority. Let language and culture take their place in the museum as research objects and tourist attractions. Give lively speeches on each festive occasion. Let disintegrate and die what was a nation. Let no one question your authority. That's how you suppress a minority. | A RECIPE FOR GENTLEMEN Put boarders on map and call it states Be a king, senator, protector and a father Send bailiffs, traders, priests and soldiers To the people who owns the land you take And let no-one question your supremacy That´s how you keep a minority down Use the bible and liquor and bayonets Break vows, agreements, be diplomatic Use law paragraphs against ancient rights Create prejudice, discrimination and hate And let no-one question your supremacy That´s how you keep a minority down Put language and culture at its place at museums As research materials and tourist attraction Make great speeches at every jubilee That is how a nation break down and dies And let no-one question your supremacy That´s how you keep a minority down. |
