Lyrics of Retrato - Mercedes Sosa

Retrato (original)

De amplia miel
Era su corazon en agraz
Y su boca locuaz
Como un viento fluvial
La corriente total
De su sangre en accion
La arrastraba en turbion
Convencido y caudal
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar
Y a mi lado durmio
Germino con aquel
Resplandor maternal
Que la hacia panal
Y la henchia de ser
Y aprendio al comprender
Y comprendio al pensar
Y penso al militar
Y milito al crecer
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar y a mi lado soño
Cuando ardio la ciudad
Cuando el tanque arraso
Y su pueblo cayo
Traicionado otra vez
La vi mucho a traves
De los meses actuar
Trabajar, ayudar
Desgarrarse los pies
No fue extraña al telar…
Desaparecio

(translation)

of ample honey
It was her heart from her in agraz
And her loquacious mouth
Like a river wind
the total current
Of her blood of hers in action
She dragged her in turbion
Convinced and flow
She was no stranger to the loom
I pass through the plant
He returned to clay
return from the sea
And by my side he slept
I germinate with that
maternal glow
that made her honeycomb
And the joy of being
And learned by understanding
And he understood when he thought
And I think of the military
And milito when I grow up
She was no stranger to the loom
I pass through the plant
He returned to clay
I return from the sea and by my side I dream
when the city burned
When the tank swept
And her people fell from her
betrayed again
I saw her through a lot
of the months act
work, help
tear your feet
She was no stranger to the loom…
He disappeared