Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Para Cantar He Nacido, artist - Mercedes Sosa.
Date of issue: 31.12.2001
Song language: Spanish
Para Cantar He Nacido(original) |
Para cantar he nacido |
Soy copla que el viento lleva |
A veces canto en el árbol |
Que se deshoja de pena |
A veces bebo del fuego |
Palabras de primavera |
Mi sangre canta por dentro |
Como la lluvia por fuera |
La noche canta y convierte |
Sus pájaros en estrellas |
Pero cuando canta el pueblo |
Musicaliza mis venas |
Yo nunca miro a la rosa |
Por su color de quimera |
La miro porque ella tiene |
A sangre de los que sueñan |
Porque en sus gajos florecens |
Las manos del que la siembra |
Si el canto no se levanta |
Como la hoguera del fuego |
Si no libera las penas |
De los que estan en la tierra |
De nada sirve que suene |
La voz de la chacarera |
Asi como canta el río |
Cuando la noche lo ciega |
Y sin mirar su caminp |
Sigue su rumbo de piedra |
Yo le canto a los que vienen |
Caminando por la tierra |
Mi copla es azul y estrellas |
Y una guitarra encendida |
En su corazón de pueblo |
La vida sufre y agita |
Con el perfil de sus bombos |
Las esperanzas marchitas |
Po eso canto a las cosas |
Que me va dando la vida |
A los changuitos de barro |
Hondeando lunas perdidas |
Al tallo con sus espinas |
Y al hombre con sus heridas |
(translation) |
I was born to sing |
I am a couplet that the wind carries |
Sometimes I sing in the tree |
That is stripped of sorrow |
Sometimes I drink from the fire |
words of spring |
my blood sings inside |
Like the rain outside |
The night sings and turns |
His birds in stars |
But when the people sing |
Musicalize my veins |
I never look at the rose |
Because of its chimera color |
I look at her because she has |
To the blood of those who dream |
Because in her segments of her bloom |
The hands of the one who sows it |
If the song does not rise |
Like the bonfire of fire |
If she doesn't release the sorrows |
Of those who are on earth |
It is useless to sound |
The voice of the farmer |
just as the river sings |
When the night blinds him |
And without looking at his path |
Follow your stone path |
I sing to those who come |
walking the earth |
My copla is blue and stars |
And a guitar on |
In your heart of town |
Life suffers and shakes |
With the profile of his bass drums |
the faded hopes |
That's why I sing to things |
that life is giving me |
To the little mud monkeys |
Slinging lost moons |
To the stem with its thorns |
And the man with his wounds |