Como La Cigarra

So many times they killed me
So many times I died
Nevertheless, I'm here
Resurrecting

I give thanks to misfortune
And to the hand with a dagger
Because it killed me so badly
And I kept singing

Singing to the Sun like the cicada
After a year under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from the war

So many times they erased me
So many times I disappeared
I went to my own burial
Alone and crying

I tied a knot in the handkerchief
But then I forgot
That it wasn't the only time
And I kept singing

Singing to the Sun like the cicada
After a year under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from the war

So many times they killed you
So many times you will resurrect
How many nights will you spend
Despairing

And at the hour of shipwreck
And in the darkness
Someone will rescue you
To go on singing

Singing to the Sun like the cicada
After a year under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from the war