Como Animales
Los de Marras
Like Animals
He wakes up before the sun and battles against the sea.
His eyes are those that can weather the storm.
But one day fishing far from home,
The sea managed to defeat him and now he sleeps in the coral.
He wakes up with the moon and prepares the concrete
His body has been carved by drops of sweat.
Building the castle for the exploitative boss
Death always walks alongside speculation.
They treat us like animals, saying accidents are inevitable,
Work accidents while they drive their convertibles.
Let the bosses know that there is dignity in the worker,
It's better to die standing than in a work accident.
He sleeps with silicosis and ruin threatens him,
In the mines, hell is only two blocks away.
Working in darkness, methane always lurking,
In the bowels of the earth, ground and ceiling blend.
There's only noise in his head, grease up to his eyebrows,
In the factory of dreams, they're just another piece.
Of the vast machinery that kills day by day,
When you enter, you're free, when you leave, you're turned into a rat.
They treat us like animals, saying accidents are inevitable,
Work accidents while they drive their convertibles.
Let the bosses know that there is dignity in the worker,
It's better to die standing than in a work accident.
