by Elise Witt
© Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
My friend Masankho Banda told me that in Malawi to greet each other, they say, “I see you with my eyes, I see you with my heart.” At the Global Village Project, this inspired a song weaving a multi-lingual musical collage of greetings from each of our cultures. Here is a performance by the Global Village Chorus at the release concert for my CD We’re All BORN SINGING. We are joined by Brien Engel on Mbira (southern african thumb piano).
I see you with my eyes, I see you with my heart
Welcome, welcome!
Gaw-lah-gay (Karen, Burma)
Ming-a-la-ba (Burmese, Burma)
Sti-reh-mah-sheh (Pashto, Afghanistan)
A-ma-ho-ro (Kirundi, Burundi)
Hak-kahm (Oromo, Ethiopia)
Na-sa-ding-aa (Matu Chin, Burma)
Namaste (Hindi, India)