| Con el ego muy arriba
| With the ego very high
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| Y la conciencia por los suelos
| And the conscience on the ground
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| A 30 años la historia parece hacer memoria
| After 30 years, history seems to remember
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| Mientras el pueblo observa indiferente
| While the people watch indifferently
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| Que en todos lados matan a su gente
| That everywhere they kill their people
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| Y tu sentado aqui oyendo esta cancion
| And you sitting here listening to this song
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| Dime que haces para salvar a la nacion
| Tell me what you do to save the nation
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| Solo una bala lo ha alcanzado, le destrozo el corazon
| Only one bullet has reached him, it destroyed his heart
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| Tantas historias que se han contado, de todas no se entero
| So many stories that have been told, I don't know about all of them
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| Al otro dia no se hablo nada, todo el mundo cayo
| The next day nothing was said, everyone fell
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| Pistola en mano y una metralla, y aqui nada paso
| Gun in hand and a shrapnel, and here nothing happened
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| (coro) Pobre de el pobre de ella, la bala los separo
| (chorus) Poor man poor her, the bullet separated them
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| Y ahora el vive feliz en una estrella
| And now he lives happily on a star
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| Donde no hay represion
| where there is no repression
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| Pobre de el pobre de ella
| Poor him poor her
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| El cielo se sacudio
| the sky shook
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| Y ahora el vive feliz en una estrella
| And now he lives happily on a star
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| Donde no hay represion
| where there is no repression
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| Y hoy su madre sigue acudiendo, al lugar donde el partio
| And today his mother continues to go to the place where he left
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| Es 2 de octubre y esta lloviendo, a ella no le importo
| It's October 2nd and it's raining, she doesn't care
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| Cuando en el alma se trae la lucha, como a el le sucedio
| When the fight is brought to the soul, as it happened to him
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| No importa que cortes cartucho, si aqui nada paso
| It doesn't matter if you cut the cartridge, if nothing happened here
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| (coro)
| (chorus)
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| A ahora el te pide
| Now he asks you
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| Que junto a el siguas luchando
| That together with him you keep fighting
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| Por acabar con la injusticia en este pais
| For ending injustice in this country
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| Por que a tus raices ya nunca las dejes ir
| Because you never let go of your roots
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| Ayudes a tu hermano a no sucumbir
| Help your brother not to succumb
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| Y no dejes que esta tierra se nos vaya a hundir
| And don't let this land sink us
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| A ahora el te ruega
| now he begs you
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| Que por la causa en la que el murio
| That for the cause in which he died
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| Por amor por dolor
| for love for pain
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| Ayudes a tu hermano a no morir
| Help your brother not to die
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| Enseñes al compatriota a compartir
| Teach the compatriot to share
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| Acudas ya con tu pueblo a combatir
| Go now with your people to fight
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| Y enseñes a los niños a sonreir | And teach the children to smile |