La Trunca Norte
Mercedes Sosa
The Northern Break
Northern break, songbird,
child and mother, lullaby,
sky and clay, communion,
hopeful miracle.
Northern break, wild and free,
a prayer for liberty,
pulse and beat, love's rhythm,
in love with the wind,
your river of feeling
on its journey of song,
carries the magic of the sun
and the strength of my people.
Ember, light, summer's glow,
axe and man, burning pain,
man and sorrow, deep pit,
box and blood, life's flow.
Moon, carnival flower,
relief for the hard worker,
from his watchful dream,
from his companion's fight.
