Por Que Cantamos

If every hour came with its death
If time is a den of thieves
The air isn’t as good in Buenos Aires anymore
Life is nothing more than a moving target
You’ll ask why we sing
If our loved ones are left without hugs
The homeland almost dead from sadness
And the heart of man shattered to pieces
Before the shame exploded

You’ll ask why we sing

We sing because the river is flowing
And when the river flows, it really flows
We sing because the cruel have no name
Yet their fate has a name
We sing for the child and for everything
And for some future and for the people
We sing because the survivors
And our dead want us to sing

If we’ve gone as far as the horizon
If here are trees and sky left behind
If every night was always an absence
And every waking was a missed encounter
You’ll ask why we sing

We sing because it rains on the furrow
And we are fighters for life
And because we can’t and don’t want to
Let the song turn to ashes
We sing because the scream isn’t enough
And the tears and the anger aren’t enough
We sing because we believe in the people
And because we will overcome defeat

We sing because the Sun recognizes us
And because the field smells like spring
And because in this stem and that fruit
Every question has its answer