I could not find a translation of this song by Myo Gyi, a banned Burmese artist but one commenter on YouTube, DMO1880, supplied an idea of what he is singing:

The lyrics are basically saying, “Gov appears everywhere (including all medias) in Burma. They can’t stop giving orders, ORDERS! And Burmese are already sick of those orders! So, dramatically, he is telling GOV to slow down .”

While folks at the UN engage in a debate over whether the rulers of Burma are making progress on human rights, the junta itself provides the clearest answer with their continued brutal repression of the Burmese people:

Three Burmese dissidents, including civil rights champion Su Su Nway, were arrested in Rangoon on Tuesday morning, according to reliable sources. Two activist monks who took part in the September demonstrations were also arrested by authorities earlier this month.

The two monks included U Gambira, leader of the Alliance of All Burma Buddhist Monks, which played a significant role in the September demonstrations. He had been in hiding since the demonstrations were violently suppressed by the authorities. Members of his family were then arrested for maintaining contact with him.

The second monk was identified as U Kaythara.

[Sources note that] the two arrested monks were being held in a special section of Insein jail called the “separated prison,” reserved for political prisoners.

Su Su Nway had been in hiding since the protests against the junta’s increased fuel prices in August, although she managed to continue pro-democracy activities clandestinely.

The 36-year-old labor activist has been arrested twice before. She was first arrested in 2004 when she tried to sue village authorities over forced labor.

In 2006, Su Su Nway received the Humphrey Freedom Award from the Canada-based Rights and Democracy group for her human rights work in Burma.

The three were arrested as the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, began his mission to inquire into the September demonstrations and the plight of detainees.

U Gambira is the author of an editorial in the Washington Post earlier this month – written in hiding – and there is concern that publication led to his arrest.

Then we have this report:

The Burmese military regime continues to imprison members of the National League for Democracy, despite its public moves towards engagement with the opposition.

According to an NLD spokesperson, Nay Win, a member of Kachin state NLD, and Bhamo township NLD member Ba Myint were both jailed for two years on 9 November after being tried secretly in prison courts in Myitkyina and Bhamo prisons respectively, where they are now being held.

They were sentenced under section 505 (b) of the penal code, which covers causing public alarm and inciting offences against public tranquility.

Family members of the NLD members were not informed that they were due to be tried, and the two men were not allowed to hire lawyers.

And this report of nine Burmese muslims arrested, beaten and charged – for giving water bottles to the protesting monks:

Myot Thant, Nyi Nyi Zaw, Myo Win, Naing Min, Htun Htun Naing, Kyaw Kyaw Satt, Htun Myint Aung, Han Zaw Min Aung and Thaung Htut are Muslims from the Rangoon townships of Pebedan, Tamwe, Mingalar Taung Nyunt and Bahan.

They were arrested by the Burmese authorities a few days after they handed bottles of drinking water to protesting monks during the demonstrations at the end of September.

“They have bruises all over their bodies and said they were beaten up nearly every day during interrogation. They could not even eat properly,” said the family member, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“The Pabedan police chief told us they were beaten up, not by police officers from the station, but by the military security department officers who are conducting their daily interrogations.”

In his Washington Post editorial, U Gambira wrote:

Burma’s Saffron Revolution is just beginning. The regime’s use of mass arrests, murder, torture and imprisonment has failed to extinguish our desire for the freedom that was stolen from us so many years ago. We have taken their best punch.

Now it is the generals who must fear the consequences of their actions. We adhere to nonviolence, but our spine is made of steel. There is no turning back. It matters little if my life or the lives of colleagues should be sacrificed on this journey. Others will fill our sandals, and more will join and follow.

Let’s make sure these Burmese heroes are not forgotten – you can show your support by uploading a photo here and joining the Burma Campaign’s Facebook group (which already has 400,000 members worldwide) here and helping Avaaz reach a million signatures on their petition here – they already have 825,492 from folks all over the world.

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