| La sangre se inquietaba en mis venas
| The blood was restless in my veins
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| Y aquel verano al norte part
| And that summer to the north
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| Para olvidarme de mi rutina
| To forget about my routine
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| Y sentirme liberado al fin
| And feel liberated at last
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| Ver la tierra baada de sol
| See the land bathed in sun
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| Respirar aire de las alturas
| Breathe air from above
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| Llenar el cuenco de mis ojos
| Fill the bowl of my eyes
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| Con lo ms frgil de la locura
| With the most fragile of madness
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| Pero tambin la realidad mostr
| But reality also showed
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| Otro reflejo en ella
| Another reflection in her
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| Cuando me habl de un hermano al que tambin
| When he told me about a brother he also
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| Le llev la huella
| I took the mark
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| Ya que vas a escribir
| Since you are going to write
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| Dijo cuenta de mi pueblo
| Said account of my people
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| Pobreza y dolor slo trajo el progreso
| Poverty and pain only brought progress
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| La cultura de la traicin y los indios
| The culture of betrayal and the Indians
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| En los museos
| In the museums
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| Me invit a mascar de su hierba
| He invited me to chew his grass
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| Y a morder de la pura verdad
| And to bite from the pure truth
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| Me pregunt de qu se ocupaban all,
| I wondered what they were doing there,
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| En la Capital
| In the capital
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| Y yo slo tuve palabras para definir la injusticia
| And I only had words to define injustice
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| Y qu slo aspiraban al fruto de la propia codicia
| And that they only aspired to the fruit of their own greed
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| (solo de guitarra)
| (Guitar solo)
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| Al fin vi la tierra baada de sol
| At last I saw the land bathed in sun
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| Respir aire de las alturas
| Breathe air from above
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| Y llen el cuenco de mis ojos
| And fill the bowl of my eyes
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| Con lo ms frgil de la locura
| With the most fragile of madness
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| Ya que vas a escribir
| Since you are going to write
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| Dijo cuenta de mi pueblo
| Said account of my people
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| Pobreza y dolor slo trajo el progreso
| Poverty and pain only brought progress
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| La cultura de la traicin y los indios
| The culture of betrayal and the Indians
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| En los museos | In the museums |