Geografia
Lluís Llach
Geography
I never want to be a slave to anything
and still I chase the longing
that stubbornly escapes me.
Always faithful to the same gesture
that signals an obsessive path.
I never want to be a slave.
But I will be a debtor of love willingly,
forced by the beat of a generous heart.
A happy debtor to those who are my friends,
for in their hands I hold my only country.
And a loyal debtor to people everywhere,
to those I only know through brotherly breath.
That's the geography of my heart.
I can only give myself freely
and only freely can I take what you give me.
I never want to be a slave...
But I will be a debtor of love willingly,
forced by the beat of a generous heart.
A happy debtor to those who are my friends,
for in their hands I hold my only country.
And a loyal debtor to people everywhere,
to those I only know through brotherly breath,
that's the geography of my heart...