paroles de chanson Act 3 - Who Is Hagar? - Steve Reich , Paul Hillier

The next wife I think was Egyptian
(The next wife)
Was Egyptian
I didn't really know very much about her
(I didn't really know)
Didn't really know very much about her
Hagar is a woman in a difficult position
(Difficult position)
Hagar is a woman in a difficult position
Well she is on the other side
(The other side)
She goes off in a different direction
I understood Hagar because of my own mother
(My own mother)
She was a German immigrant who was never accepted in the Irish clan
(German immigrant, Irish clan)
Hagar is a woman in a difficult position
The servant, and of course a servant takes orders
(A servant takes orders)
Whatever you tell them to do they do it
(They do it)
Whatever you tell them to do they do it
Sarah wanted a child
(Wanted a child)
His wife was too old, she'd passed age
(His wife was too old)
Sarah told him, Sarah told him
Told her husband to go into
To this young woman
She bears a son
(She bears a son)
Got kind of snotty and uppity when she
She was pregnant by the master
(Pregnant by the master)
Whereas the mistress couldn't manage it
(Couldn't manage it)
Abraham says, "Look
She's just a babe, do with her what you want"
(Do with her what you want)
She gets kicked out
She gets kicked, she gets kicked out
You can see Lillian Gish playing the part
Of Hagar, some terribly vulnerable woman
(Vulnerable)
When I think of Hagar as a black female I really think of myself
(I really think of myself)
The story itself has been covered over
With the so-called story of their jealousy
She gets kicked out
(She gets kicked out)
She's the first female that God speaks to
First single mother
First single, first single mother
And she doesn't plead and doesn't beg, she goes
(She doesn't plead)
Doesn't beg, she goes