Cancion de Cuna Para Gobernante
María Elena Walsh
Lullaby for a Ruler
Sleep peacefully as a saber approaches
To watch over your ruler's dream
America cradles you like a mother
With one arm of rage and the other of blood
Sleep with commotion, sleep and don't command
For the students are already keeping watch over you
Sleep while above the birds cry
And the evening star works for the prison
Men, children, women, in other words: Nobody
It seems they don't want you to rest
They touch lightly on your grand dream with small sorrows
When they're not asking for houses, they demand bread
They shout by your cradle
Don't get up even if their cry says: Hear, mortals
Officially fall asleep, without worrying
That only some stones are responsible
That the lilies of the field are not hungry
And the students are already keeping watch over you
And the evening star works for the prison
