Sobreviviendo

Mercedes Sosa Mercedes Sosa

Surviving

They asked me how I lived, they asked me
Surviving, I said, surviving
I have a poem written more than a thousand times
In it I always repeat that as long as someone

Proposes death on this earth
And weapons are made for war
I will step on these fields surviving
Everyone facing danger, surviving
Sad and wandering men, surviving

Surviving, surviving
Surviving, surviving

It's been a long time since I laughed like I used to
And I used to laugh like a goldfinch
I have a certain memory that hurts me
And I can't forget about Hiroshima
How much tragedy, on this earth

Today when I want to laugh, I can barely do it
I no longer have the laughter like a goldfinch
Nor the peace of the January pines
I walk through this world surviving

Surviving, surviving
Surviving, surviving

I no longer want to be just a survivor
I want to choose the day for my death
I have new hands, blood red
Good teeth and an urgent dream
I want the life of my offspring

I don't want to see a day when animals
Are demonstrating for peace in the world
How I would laugh on that crazy day
Them demonstrating for life
And us barely surviving, surviving

Surviving, surviving
Surviving, surviving

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