Translation of the song lyrics La Carta - Violeta Parra

La Carta - Violeta Parra
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song La Carta , by -Violeta Parra
In the genre:Музыка мира
Release date:07.03.2011
Song language:Spanish

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La Carta (original)La Carta (translation)
Me mandaron una carta they sent me a letter
Por el correo temprano by early mail
En esa carta me dicen In that letter they tell me
Que cayó preso mi hermano That my brother fell prisoner
Y sin compasión, con grillos And without mercy, with shackles
Por la calle lo arrastraron, sí Down the street they dragged him, yeah
La carta dice el motivo The letter says the reason
De haber prendido a roberto of having caught roberto
Haber apoyado el paro Having supported the strike
Que ya se había resuelto That had already been resolved
Si acaso esto es un motivo If this is a reason
Presa voy también, sargento, si Dam I go too, sergeant, yes
Yo que me encuentro tan lejos I am so far away
Esperando una noticia waiting for a news
Me viene a decir la carta The letter comes to tell me
Que en mi patria no hay justicia That in my country there is no justice
Los hambrientos piden pan The hungry ask for bread
Plomo les da la milicia, sí Lead gives them the militia, yes
De esta manera pomposa in this pompous way
Quieren conservar su asiento They want to keep their seat
Los de abanico y de frac Those of fan and tailcoat
Sin tener merecimiento having no merit
Van y vienen de la iglesia They come and go from the church
Y olvidan los mandamientos, sí And they forget the commandments, yeah
Habrase visto insolencia You would have seen insolence
Barbarie y alevosía Barbarism and treachery
De presentar el trabuco To present the blunderbuss
Y matar a sangre fría And kill in cold blood
A quien defensa no tiene To whom defense does not have
Con las dos manos vacías, si With both empty hands, yes
La carta que he recibido The letter that I have received
Me pide contestación ask me for a reply
Yo pido que se propale I ask that it spread
Por toda la población for the entire population
Que el «león» es un sanguinario That the "lion" is a bloodthirsty
En toda generación, sí In every generation, yeah
Por suerte tengo guitarra Luckily I have a guitar
Para llorar mi dolor to cry my pain
También tengo nueve hermanos I also have nine brothers
Fuera del que se engrilló Out of which he shackled
Los nueve son comunistas all nine are communists
Con el favor de mi dios, síWith the favor of my god, yes
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