Lyrics of Violeta - Ozomatli

Violeta (original)

En un desierto lejos de ti me confesé
Que todo lo que siempre creí mentira fue
Soy hermano, soy esposo, hijo y padre
Soy guerrero mucha sangre derramé
Ah eh, solo con mi pena
Ah eh, solo en mi dolor
Ah eh, sufro mi condena
De no verte nunca más, Violeta
De esta matanza me quise escapar solo por ti
En una bala mi vida alcanzó y yo perdí
Fui hermano, fui esposo, hijo y padre
Fui soldado y tanta sangre derramé
Ah eh, solo con mi pena
Ah eh, solo en mi dolor
Ah eh, sufro mi condena
De no verte nunca más, Violeta
Todo pudo ser que nunca pude ver
Que en guerra el que gana, la paz ha de perder
Hoy la decisión queda para ti
Dejar tu propia sangre a morir
BRIDGE:
Y tu mamá que dice
Tu hermano y tu papá que dicen
Tu hija, tu marido que dicen
Los nietos, tu abuela… dime que te dicen
Gente que dicen
Los músicos del mundo que dicen
De frente y a luchar, que dicen
Por la igualdad y los derechos
Dime que te dicen
Ah eh, solo con mi pena
Ah eh, solo en mi dolor
Ah eh, sufro mi condena
De no verte nunca más, Violeta

(translation)

In a desert far from you I confessed
That everything I always believed was a lie
I am a brother, I am a husband, son and father
I am a warrior, I spilled a lot of blood
Ah eh, alone with my sorrow
Ah huh, alone in my pain
Ah eh, I suffer my sentence
Of never seeing you again, Violeta
I wanted to escape from this massacre just for you
In a bullet my life reached and I lost
I was a brother, I was a husband, son and father
I was a soldier and I spilled so much blood
Ah eh, alone with my sorrow
Ah huh, alone in my pain
Ah eh, I suffer my sentence
Of never seeing you again, Violeta
Everything could be that I could never see
That in war he who wins, peace must lose
Today the decision is for you
Leave your own blood to die
BRIDGE:
And what does your mom say?
Your brother and your dad, what do they say?
Your daughter, your husband, what do they say?
The grandchildren, your grandmother... tell me what they tell you
people who say
The musicians of the world who say
Go ahead and fight, what do they say?
For equality and rights
tell me what they tell you
Ah eh, alone with my sorrow
Ah huh, alone in my pain
Ah eh, I suffer my sentence
Of never seeing you again, Violeta