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La Charte des Droits de l'Homme pour les Aborigenes by Oodgeroo Noonuccal
by T. Wignesan → (All Poetry by T. Wignesan)
Tuesday, August 17, 2021    Rated "G" by the Author.
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The Human Rights Charter for the Australian aborigines by Oodgerro Noonuccal: a plea for equality...


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La Charte des Droits de l’Homme pour les Aborigènes - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Aboriginal Charter of Rights by T. Wignesan


Nous avons besoin de l’espoir, pas de racisme,
La fraternité, pas d’ostracisme
Du progrès pour les Noirs, pas l’essor des Blancs :
Faites-nous des égaux, pas ceux dépendent de vous.
Nous avons besoin d’assistance, pas d’exploitation,
Nous voulons la liberté, pas de frustration ;
Pas de mainmise sinon la confiance en soi-même,
L’Independence, pas l’obéissance
Pas d’insouciance sinon l’éducation,
Respect pour soi-même, pas de la résignation
Libère-nous d’une soumission abjecte,
D’une Protection bureaucratique.
Nous allons oublier des esclavagistes d’antan.
Donnez-nous de la camaraderie, pas de faveurs,
Encouragement, pas d’interdictions ;
Des foyers, pas des cantonnements et des campements de
prosélytisme.
Nous avons besoin d’amour, pas de la surveillance
autoritaire,
Qu’on nous serre la main, pas d’être fouetté par nos maîtres,
L’opportunité qui range
Les Blancs et les Noirs sur une base d’égal à égal.
Vous nous dépriment, vous nous laissent sans protection,
Vous nous proscrivent au lieu de nous traiter comme des
amis.
Faites-nous sentir le bienvenu, pas avec mépris,
Donnez-nous le droit de choisir, pas la coercition froide,
Un statut digne, pas la discrimination,
Les droits de l’Homme, pas la ségrégation.
Vous incarnez la Loi comme le Romain Pontius,
Faites en sorte que nous soyons fiers, pas conscients de notre
couleur ;
Rendez-nous ce que nous appartient lequel vous vous aviez
Approprié de nous,
Soyez gentille avec nous, ne montrez pas le préjugé d’un bigot ;
Laissez-nous sentir ambitieux sans interdiction,
La confiance et ne pas la condescendance ;
Octroyez-nous le droit de prendre l’initiative, pas de restriction,
Donnez-nous le Christ, pas la crucifixion.
Bien que baptisés et bénis et endoctrinés avec la Bible
Nous sommes toujours l’objet de tabous et de diffamation.
Vous les pieux vendeurs de la salvation,
Faites de nous vos voisins, pas d’habitants de bidonvilles ;
Faites de nous vos copains, pas des parents non privilégiés,
Citoyens et non pas des esclaves dans des plantations.
Devrions-nous le peuple d’origine d’Australie
Compter parmi des étrangers sur notre propre terre ?
En abolissant toutes les restrictions et en détruisant les
rigueurs (du système) de caste
Qu’on arrivera à gagner ce que nous appartient de droit.

(Note : In 1788, the first white settlers set foot on Australian soil after James Cook’s maiden voyage of « discovery » in 1770. The aboriginal peoples were allowed citizenship and voting rights only in 1967, three years after the publication of Oodgeroo’s first volume of poems.)

[Re-English automatic translation slightly edited for clarity.]

Translation of Aboriginal Charter of Rights by Oodgeroo Noonuccal
The Charter of Human Rights for Aborigines - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Aboriginal Charter of Rights by T. Wignesan
We need hope, not racism, fraternity, not ostracism
Progress for blacks, not the uplift of whites:
Make us equals, not those who depend on you.
We need assistance, not exploitation,
We want freedom, not frustration;
Not control but self-confidence,
Independence, not obedience
Not neglect if not education,
Respect for oneself, not resignation
Free us from abject submission,
From bureaucratic protection.
We are going to forget about the slaveholders of yesteryear.
Give us camaraderie, not favours,
Encouragement, not prohibitions;
Homes, not cantonments and proselytizing camps.
We need love, not authoritarian surveillance,
Let us shake hands, not be whipped by our masters,
The opportunity that puts whites and blacks on an equal basis.
You suppress us, you leave us unprotected,
You outlaw us instead of treating us like friends.
Make us feel welcome, not with contempt,
Give us the right to choose, not cold coercion,
A dignified status, not discrimination,
Human rights, not segregation.
You embody the Law as the Roman Pontius,
Make us proud, not aware of our colour;
Give us back what belongs to us which you had misappropriated
Be kind to us, do not show the prejudice of a bigot;
Let us feel ambitious without prohibition, trust, not condescension;
Grant us the right to take the initiative, no restrictions,
Give us Christ, not the crucifixion.
Although baptized and blessed and indoctrinated with the Bible
We are still the object of taboos and defamation.
You the pious sellers of salvation,
Make us your neighbours, not slum dwellers;
Make us your buddies, not underprivileged relatives,
Citizens not slaves on plantations.
Should we the original people of Australia count among strangers/foreigners in our own land?
By abolishing all restrictions and destroying the rigours (of the system) of caste That we will be able to win what belongs to us by right.


© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2016
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2016
 

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 Reviews of "La Charte des Droits de l'Homme pour les Aborigenes by Oodgeroo Noonuccal"
Reviewed by T. Wignesan
Reviewed on August 19, 2021
I salute you, Ron, in the name of Oodgeroo Noonuccal. You are the ONLY one I know who has the COURAGE of your convictions. You tell it the way it needs to be said. If Oodgeroo were alive, she'd feel her message had hit home at last, I'm sure. THANK YOU in her name and all the greater number of Australian aborigines (millions?)who may have been wiped out by the civilized man's germs. All strength and the force be with you!

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 18, 2021
Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a genius if she wrote what you have presented here. She wrote not only for aboriginal Australians but for other enslaved and indigenous people throughout the globe who have suffered so long under the misconception, in many cases, proffered by self-righteous Christians or by the cruel oppression of Moslems. Without those bearers of God, the world would be a much better place.

Ron


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