Cuando digo futuro
Silvio Rodriguez
When I say future
I invite you to believe me when I say future
if you don't believe my word, believe in the brightness of a gesture
Believe in my body, believe in my hands that are ending.
I invite you to believe me when I say future
if you don't believe in my eyes, believe in the anguish of a scream
believe in the earth, believe in the rain, believe in the sap.
There are twenty thousand new seeds in the valley since yesterday.
There are remains of desperate people, there are the man and the woman.
The irons have already melted
there is patience that must be given more.
There is a country in rocks and ruins under another country of bread
there is a mother walking elbow to elbow with her clan.
The irons have already melted
there is patience that must be given more.
There are four children right now smiling in a square
and in the back room of a bullet a soldier who hasn't slept.
And that pretty little girl is cutting her skirt again
yes, it's important from a child to the length of a dress.
The irons have already melted
there is patience that must be given more.
I invite you to believe me when I say future.