Lyrics of La Edad de la Mujer - Victor Jara, Carlos Fonseca, Fundación Víctor Jara

La Edad de la Mujer (original)

La mujer que a los veinte está soltera
Es porque se ha caído de la azotea
La mujer que a los treinta no tiene novio
Es porque le ha puesto llave al escritorio
(Esta tona' me la enseñó una tía mía
Que me decía: «la esperanza
Es lo ultimo que se pierde»…
Y murió soltera fíjense.)
La mujer que a los cuarenta no se ha casao
Es porque tiene el cuarto desalojao
La mujer que a los cincuenta quiere estar sola
Es que se le ha enfriado la cacerola

(translation)

The woman who is single at twenty
It's because she fell from the roof
The woman who at thirty doesn't have a boyfriend
It's because she has locked the desk
(This tona' was taught to me by an aunt of mine
That she told me: «hope
It is the last thing to be lost”…
And she died unmarried, mind you.)
The woman who at forty has not married
It's because she has the room vacated
The woman who at fifty wants to be alone
It is that she has cooled the saucepan