Greta Thunberg was well spoiled for her 17th birthday. Not with a mountain of consumer goods, but with a poem, as the NME has noticed, of one of the most famous singers in the world: Patti Smith.
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This is Greta Thunberg, turning seventeen today, asking for no accolade, no gifts, save we not be neutral. The Earth knows its kind, just as all deities, just as animals and the healing spring. Happy birthday to Greta, who stood today, as every Friday, refusing to be neutral.
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We offer you a translation, necessarily imperfect (we do not all have the talent of Patti Smith, gloups):
"This is Greta Thunberg,
who today is seventeen,
but wants no reward, no gift,
except that we are not indifferent.
Earth knows these kinds of beings,
and all the deities, the animals and the return of spring.
Happy birthday to Greta,
who was there today,
like every Friday, refusing indifference. "
(The translator is a traitor, as the saying goes)
And if Greta Thunberg "was there today, like every Friday" it is because adolescence wanted to go, as every week, to the Swedish parliament, for the 72nd time, braving the cold:
School strike week 72. # fridaysforfuture #climatestrike # schoolstrike4climate pic.twitter.com/E5epI2bawt
- Sharon (@GretaThunberg) January 3, 2020Happy birthday Greta!
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