During the Helen Keller week, which runs from 27 June to 3 July this year, European Deafblind Union (EDbU) shared with us a song by Alex Garcia, a person with deafblindness from Brazil. On this occasion EDbU will post translations of the songs into various languages of the association’s members on its Facebook profile throughout the week.
The purpose of Helen Keller week is to raise awareness of deafblindness and highlight the contributions of people with deafblindness. We take this opportunity to share with you a translation of the above mentioned song.
Alex Garcia: Dreams of a Deafblind Person
I dream that one day… I will be “less” invisible for Humankind.
I dream that one day… Humankind will recover the patience it has lost.
I dream that one day… Humankind will recover its wisdom and will understand my communication.
I dream that one day… Humankind will be close again as in ancient times.
I dream that one day… Humankind will be free of prejudice and will be able to touch me without any fear.
I dream that one day… I won’t be “just a brick in the wall” anymore, as Pink Floyd said in the song “Another brick in the wall”.
I dream that one day… I won’t need to “drink from the same water fountain” as Carl Jung, one of the founders of modern Psychoanalysis, said.
I dream that one day… Humankind will be able to eliminate the label that deafblindness is the most terrifying condition.
I dream that one day… Humankind will assume that “being alone” doesn’t mean to be abandoned.
I dream that one day… I will sow the “loneliness” that deafblindness imposes us as a possible aim to be enjoyed because we won’t be afraid of ourselves.
I dream that one day… I will change the pre-assumptions concerning my identity and the sentence which is currently repeated “Poor thing, he/she is deafblind” will be left in the past.
I dream that one day… Humankind will see my being and will indeed value my essence as my fight and then will say “Great! He/she is a deafblind person”.
I dream that one day… I will erase the shame from Humankind’s mind as a tool of controlling.
I dream that one day… Humankind will understand and value that all people are a Divine Creations: alike, however, incomplete.
I dream that one day… I will not just “exist” but actually “be”.
I dream that one day… I will learn to be “strong” so that nothing can defeat me.
I dream that one day… I will be “me” so nobody will forget me. I dream that one day… My dreams will design the future.
I dream that one day… Humankind will be “human”.
On this occasion, we kindly invite you to visit the exhibition of art products of people with deafblindness in the premises of Info point 65+ on Mačkova ulica 1 in Ljubljana. The opening of the exhibition will be on 15 July 2021 at 11:00.