De Una Vez
Silvio Rodriguez
At Once
While the city
Still at four is lit up
And there's a place that distracts you around
A humble place
A small place
Don't say no
You're denying paradise
I know where for years the light is a lantern
And the dream fun
The only fun
I know right now
While they sing any song
While we set off to dissipate the heat
There's a struggle there
What will pay
The blood that the earth absorbs?
What gold that is not dream gold weighs like this?
What can be worth more?
What does this sweat of time that goes by pay?
What time is paying for its life?
What life is bleeding from the wound
To turn this land at once?
To turn this land at once
To turn this land at once
When at eleven the sun heads to the center of horror
When slogans and goals demand their firing squad
When from dark to dark they converse with action
The word is yours, I stay silent out of modesty
The word is yours, I stay silent out of modesty
The word is yours, I stay silent out of modesty
What does this sweat of time that goes by pay?
What time is paying for its life?
What life is bleeding from the wound
To turn this land at once?
To turn this land at once
To turn this land at once
