HUMAN RIGHTS HOMAJ RAJTOJ (en angla lingvo)

Men! whose boast it is that ye

Esperanto version : Homoj kies fierec'
Original title: Stanzas on Freedom

Verkis (angle) : James Russell LOWELL, 1844

Source : A Left-Labour Website

1. Men! whose boast it is that ye come of fathers brave and free,
   If there breathe on earth a slave, are ye truly free and brave?
   If ye do not feel the chain, when it works a brother's pain,
   Are ye not base slaves indeed, slaves unworthy to be freed?
   Are ye not base slaves indeed, slaves unworthy to be freed?

2. Women! who shall one day bear, sons to breathe New England air,
   If ye hear, without a blush, deeds to make the roused blood rush
   Like red lava through your veins, for your sisters now in chains —
   Answer! are ye fit to be mothers of the brave and free?
   Answer! are ye fit to be mothers of the brave and free?

   Note: The second verse is usually omitted from hymnals; to counteract the sexism thus created, recent hymnals have sometimes altered the incipit to an inclusive form.

3. Is true Freedom but to break fetters for our own dear sake,
   And, with leathern hearts, forget that we owe mankind a debt?
   No! true Freedom is to share all the chains our brothers wear,
   And, with heart and hand, to be earnest to make others free!
   And, with heart and hand, to be earnest to make others free!

4. They are slaves who fear to speak for the fallen and the weak;
   They are slaves who will not choose hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
   Rather than in silence shrink from the truth they needs must think;
   They are slaves who dare not be in the right with two or three.
   They are slaves who dare not be in the right with two or three.

Tune : MENDELSSOHN
Composed by: Felix MENDELSSOHN, 1840
Arranged by: William H. CUMMINGS, 1855
MIDI TCH

Alternative melody (without the italicized repeated last line):

SALZBURG

Composed by: Jakob HINTZE (1622-1702), 1678 | MIDI

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