Zobeyda La Muñequera

Zobeyda has five kids
Born from her womb
And she has a thousand dolls
Born from her heart and mind
And she has a thousand dolls
Born from her heart and mind

Dolls and boys
Are Zobeyda's children
And time stopped for all
To play with her

Zobeyda loves
Simon and Manuelita very much
And the love in them
Always triumphed

And she built a garden
For them to love each other
Simon and Manuelita, the lovers
And she built a garden
For them to love each other
Simon and Manuelita, the lovers

He, imposing, on his snow-white steed
And Manuelita beautiful with her moon-like face
He, imposing, on his snow-white steed
And Manuelita beautiful with her moon-like face

I saw Zobeyda sad one morning
She was crying
From pain and anger
And with paper mache, rags, and tender hands

She swore to return to the homeland
All the children killed in Cantaura
She swore to return to the homeland
All the children killed in Cantaura

Some say Zobeyda is crazy
But how beautiful Zobeyda's madness

She feels so much love for humans
That with tenderness she humanizes her dolls
She feels so much love for humans
That with tenderness she humanizes her dolls

All of Zobeyda's dolls
Are soldiers of love and life

They are Central American guerrillas
Awakening the dormant history
They are Central American guerrillas
Awakening the dormant history

I imagine Zobeyda tenderly
Raising a parrot at midnight

Feeding her eyes with stars
And the parrot in love with the moon
Feeding her eyes with stars
And the parrot in love with the moon

Zobeyda's dolls are crying
In Cantaura they cry for her

(spoken)
"Some say Zobeyda is crazy
But how beautiful Zobeyda's madness
When she saw us loving the homeland
She built a doll named homeland
To love our madness"