Cuecas Del Libro
Violeta Parra
Book Briefs
I was reading a book
With metal covers
The pages were golden
And the letters were coral.
Yellow legends,
Black and red
I deciphered them crying
Page by page,
Page by page, yes,
I read for five years,
That beautiful reading
Caused me harm.
I won't read
Any paper again.
Death and life
Gave me a little book
Death and life
Took it away,
Zambita and zamba.
Death and life
For being mischievous
Death and life
Plucked it,
Zambita and zamba.
What's wrong with life,
I wonder?
More hunger than food,
Zambita and zamba
It has no matter,
Zambita and zamba.
It has no matter, yes,
Deceitful life.
Didn't want me to read
My book,
Zambita and zamba.
It buried it
The wretched life.
