Arriesgaré La Piel

(Inti-Illimani performs this song in a ranchera rhythm, while Patricio Manns turns it into a bolero.)

Perhaps it was necessary for me last night
to make the useless decision to see you,
even if it's in the middle of the night,
even if it's in the middle of death.

My heart is a winged horse,
my decision is a bitter sword:
I will return to seek what is most beloved
despite the uncertainty that overwhelms me.

I will risk my skin for a meeting
even if we pay dearly for the deceptions,
because life is a moment within
the immense loss of this year.

Year of waiting and year without memory
that I wouldn't want to prolong in heat
between the knife of your two stories
and the wounds of my two sleepless nights.