Por La Libertad

The afternoon smells like it wants to rain and the heart beats too fast
Why did you have to fall in love with him who was always a shirtless loser?
That night they shot your sister's companion
And in the shadows with a doctor finished with his shift, he was by his side
Ideals of madness on his face completely entangled in a spider's web
Your clear-eyed blue eyes made him forget the fear of fleeing
How difficult it is to count the steps taken for freedom
How difficult it is to look at the stolen days drowned in blood
Without windows and without doors, the past is condemned
How difficult it is to count the steps taken for freedom

Days of anguish and loneliness after the news of the last ambush
The long wait, the days in prison, the annual visit before Christmas
And today finally with nerves in a fist, you will see him come out after twenty years
How many had their youth stolen and how many more were liquidated?
The war ended but the fear did not
And finally, the tenderest hugs began
Your clear-eyed blue eyes made him forget the fear of suffering
How difficult it is to count the steps taken for freedom
How difficult it is to look at the stolen days drowned in blood
Without windows and without doors, the past is condemned
How difficult it is to count the steps taken for freedom
(How difficult it is to count, how difficult it is to look) for freedom
(How difficult it is to count, how difficult it is to look) for freedom