Translation of the song lyrics Nos sobra, nos falta - Alberto Cortez

Nos sobra, nos falta (original)

Nos sobra, nos falta
Nos falta, nos sobra
A veces las luces
A veces las sombras
Nos falta, nos sobra
Nos sobra, nos falta
A veces las fuerzas
Y a veces el alma
Nos sobran los homicidas
Que por la ley del más fuerte
Han adoptado la muerte
Como una forma de vida
Nos sobra la hipocresía
De acumular privilegios
Entre ladrones egregios
Y entre adorables arpías
Nos falta la bonhomía
De reparar los errores
Antes de hacerlos mayores
A golpe de letanías
Nos falta la valentía
De no llevar equipaje
Y es que nos falta coraje
Para romper la alcancía
Nos sobra, nos falta
Nos falta, nos sobra
Hay muchos que pagan
Y hay pocos que cobran
Nos sobran intermediarios
Que por amor al dinero
Nos manipulan arteros
Sudores, pan y salarios
Nos faltan líderes sanos
Que sin politiquerías
Hagan posible la vía
De convivir como hermanos
Que somos seres humanos
Y no nos toman en serio
Los que hacen suyo el criterio
Del perro del hortelano
Nos sobra, nos falta
Nos falta, nos sobra
Al uno sus ganas
Y al otro la obra
Nos falta, nos sobra
Nos sobra, nos falta
El tiempo de vernos
De frente las caras
Nos falta, nos sobra
Nos sobra, nos falta

(translation)

We have plenty, we lack
We lack, we have plenty
sometimes the lights
sometimes the shadows
We lack, we have plenty
We have plenty, we lack
Sometimes the forces
and sometimes the soul
We have plenty of murderers
that by the law of the strongest
They have adopted death
as a way of life
We have plenty of hypocrisy
To accumulate privileges
among egregious thieves
And between lovely harpies
We lack the bonhomie
to fix the mistakes
Before I make them older
at the stroke of litanies
we lack the courage
Not to carry luggage
And it is that we lack courage
To break the piggy bank
We have plenty, we lack
We lack, we have plenty
There are many who pay
And there are few who charge
We have too many intermediaries
that for the love of money
They manipulate us devious
Sweats, bread and wages
We lack healthy leaders
that without politicking
Make the way possible
To live as brothers
that we are human beings
And they don't take us seriously
Those who endorse the criterion
of the dog in the manger
We have plenty, we lack
We lack, we have plenty
To one his desire
And to the other the work
We lack, we have plenty
We have plenty, we lack
The time to see each other
facing the faces
We lack, we have plenty
We have plenty, we lack