Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Amor America , by - Maria FaradouriRelease date: 10.01.2012
Song language: Spanish
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Amor America , by - Maria FaradouriAmor America(original) |
| Antes que la peluca y la casaca |
| fueron los ríos, ríos arteriales: |
| fueron las cordilleras, en cuya onda raída |
| el cóndor o la nieve parecían inmóviles: |
| fue la humedad y la espesura, el trueno |
| sin nombre todavía, las pampas planetarias. |
| El hombre tierra fue, vasija, párpado |
| del barro trémulo, forma de la arcilla, |
| fue cántaro caribe, piedra chibcha, |
| copa imperial o sílice araucana. |
| Tierno y sangriento fue, pero en la empuñadura |
| de su arma de cristal humedecido, |
| las iniciales de la tierra estaban |
| escritas. |
| Nadie pudo |
| recordarlas después: el viento |
| las olvidó, el idioma del agua |
| fue enterrado, las claves se perdieron |
| o se inundaron de silencio o sangre. |
| No se perdió la vida, hermanos pastorales. |
| Pero como una rosa salvaje |
| cayó una gota roja en la espesura |
| y se apagó una lámpara de tierra. |
| Yo estoy aquí para contar la historia. |
| Desde la paz del búfalo |
| hasta las azotadas arenas |
| de la tierra final, en las espumas |
| acumuladas de la luz antártica, |
| y por las madrigueras despeñadas |
| de la sombría paz venezolana, |
| te busqué, padre mío, |
| joven guerrero de tiniebla y cobre, |
| oh tú, planta nupcial, cabellera indomable, |
| madre caimán, metálica paloma. |
| Yo, incásico del légamo, |
| toqué la piedra y dije: |
| Quién |
| me espera? |
| Y apreté la mano |
| sobre un puñado de cristal vacío. |
| Pero anduve entre llores zapotecas |
| y dulce era la luz como un venado, |
| y era la sombra como un párpado verde. |
| Tierra mía sin nombre, sin América, |
| estambre equinoccial, lanza de púrpura, |
| tu aroma me trepó por las raíces |
| hasta la copa que bebía, hasta la más delgada |
| palabra aún no nacida de mi boca. |
| (translation) |
| Before the wig and the jacket |
| were the rivers, arterial rivers: |
| were the mountain ranges, in whose frayed wave |
| the condor or the snow seemed motionless: |
| It was the humidity and the thickness, the thunder |
| still unnamed, the planetary pampas. |
| The earth man was, vessel, eyelid |
| of tremulous mud, form of clay, |
| It was a Caribbean pitcher, Chibcha stone, |
| imperial cup or araucana silica. |
| Tender and bloody it was, but in the hilt |
| of his moistened glass weapon, |
| the initials of the land were |
| written. |
| no one could |
| remember them later: the wind |
| forgot them, the language of water |
| was buried, the keys were lost |
| or they were flooded with silence or blood. |
| His life was not lost, pastoral brothers. |
| But like a wild rose |
| a red drop fell in the thicket |
| and a ground lamp went out. |
| I'm here to tell the story. |
| From the peace of the buffalo |
| to the whipped sands |
| of the final land, in the foams |
| accumulated from the Antarctic light, |
| and through the steep burrows |
| of the gloomy Venezuelan peace, |
| I looked for you, my father, |
| young warrior of darkness and copper, |
| oh you, bridal plant, untamed hair, |
| mother alligator, metallic dove. |
| I, Inca of the silt, |
| I touched the stone and said: |
| Whose |
| wait for me? |
| And I squeezed your hand |
| on a handful of empty glass. |
| But I walked among Zapotec tears |
| and sweet was the light as a deer, |
| and the shadow was like a green eyelid. |
| My land without a name, without America, |
| equinoctial stamen, lance of purple, |
| your scent climbed my roots |
| to the cup I drank, to the thinnest |
| word not yet born from my mouth. |
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