黃金正在一口口吃盡大地

國際金價最近大幅貶價，引發中國大媽們的瘋狂搶購。在投資者興致沖沖地搶購黃金的時候，也許沒有多少人注意到國際採金業對大地和環境的嚴重破壞。在瓜地馬拉t的San Marcos, 一群老百姓痛苦地唱出下面的一首詩歌，以柔弱的歌聲，抵抗著消費強權的霸權。(San Migel Ixtahuacan)

領唱：
是你嗎？差使金曠工
闖進大地母親的子宮
奪去黃金，毀滅蔥嶺青山。
點滴的血液，相比千斤黃金，無比貴重。

詩班：
我的百姓，正在作甚麼？
我的上帝，你為啥隱藏？
恐懼讓我們驚恐，
我的百姓被出賣了，他們矇眛無知。
水源變得稀缺，清澈水流變色好像地獄，
污染的空氣，筆直地昇上太空，
在終末的時刻，只能夠祈求神蹟。
尋求醫治病患，修補要命的毀壞。
窮苦的人家最容易被出賣，
賦予安安靜靜的疑惑和懷疑，
賺來的薪水都奉献給街道上的酒吧
離開黑漆家園，百姓四分五裂。
你創造的是花園，不是沙漠，
真正的進步要敬重環境和土地，
渴慕黃金，一口口吃掉了大地。
我們的上帝正在問，
我的百姓在作甚麼？

Was it You, who sent the miners?
They violate the womb of Mother Earth.
They take the gold, destroy the hills.
A gram of blood is worth more than a thousand kilos of gold.


CHORUS:

What is happening to my people?
And you, my God, where are you hiding?
We are paralyzed by fear.
My people are sold out and they don't realize it.
Water is becoming scarce, it is the color of hell.
Polluted air rises to the sky.
We seek miracles -- in the final hour,
Seeking to heal the sick and the mortal damage.
Poor people are easy to buy off.
Gifts silence suspicions and doubts.
The salaries are taken to the bars in town,
Leaving behind dark homes and my people divided.
You created a garden -- not a desert.
We want progress with respect for the environment.
The hunger for gold eats more and more earth.
And you, my God, must ask:
What are my people doing?