[Verse 1] I am born today The sun burns a promise in my eyes Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky I am glad to be alive [Verse 2] It is my seventh day I taste the hunger and I cry My brother and sister cling to Mama's side She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide Someone weeps, I fall asleep [Verse 3] It is twenty days today Mama does not hold me any more I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky Why is there nothing now to do but die?