Hombres de Mundo

Men of the world know everything and know nothing.
They are false seers, lost guides.
They breathe envy, spit pettiness, drinking and spreading the poison of resignation.
And then with tamed rebellion, decay destroys the locks of a house, an office, a neighborhood, a government, the world.
In a day, ten years, two centuries, a second.
Carry on with your own, it's not so bad...
Do your job, men of the world.

The world was and will be a piece of crap
I know it.
I can assure you
that I know it well.
I am a man of the world,
I will advise you.
Sit down here;
shut up and listen.
You lack knowing the disappointments
that years give you,
and that is a science.
And to you, who are inexperienced,
I will tell you a couple of things.

Since this world is a world
things are as they are.
And I assure you, there is nothing
nothing new under the sun.
You will see that it is so.
When you were going, I had already returned.
I have seen so many fools
and idiots like you,
shaking their manes and singing rock and roll!
But as they grow up, the kid
puts on a suit and a briefcase.
At eighteen
everyone wants to be like Che.
And then come the bills,
the kids, the forties,
and they stop messing around.

I know people well
There is no right or decent
who doesn't take what's his
wake up, don't be foolish
everyone has their price
If you fall from the trapeze
Everyone came to see
Playing fair is dangerous
Approach the powerful
it's easier to fix
Don't strive for what's yours
That's for fools

Wake up and destroy
The work of others

No one gives you anything
Honesty is not a business
Crush their heads

Don't be a fool, don't give in
Your day will come
To look at yourself in the mirror
discovering that the blows
made you bad and old
you will understand tired
that you turned into me

Don't get on the trapeze
Don't give away your hugs
never look into the eyes
never say your opinion
don't cry, don't get moved,
don't forgive the fallen
attack them from behind
distrust your friends
and even if you're wrong
don't ask for forgiveness

There's no way to fall
If you stay on the ground
Nor to be disappointed
If you have no illusion
Since they will bring you down
Why try to fly
Don't ever love anyone
And you will never mourn
So that no one betrays you
Never open your heart

Why risk
If yours is safe
Why change the world
If you already know how it is
Why fight
With the huge misfortune
Since they will bury you
Why try madness
The unnecessary
And risky madness of living.

Live,
even if you don't know how to live
even if it's hard to die
On these lands

Live,
in this infernal jungle
Under a mad clock
Behind a dream

With the truth
As a lantern
Against the traitor
Against the servile

No one can tell you where to go
No one marks your destiny
No one can teach you how to live
No one knows the way

Men of the world prepare their feast
They will ask for your head
Let each vulture take its loot
I'll stick with my poverty

My freedom
My blue sky
My guardian angel
The Southern Cross
A heart
to share
The blessing
Of being happy