Pido La Paz Y La Palabra

I ask for peace and the word because I hope and believe
that necessarily we will all understand each other.
I want peace now and the word later
to encompass the horizon and the entire future.

Over ghosts of the past we will rise
as a single force against terror and fear,
to change history to bury the dead,
to encompass the horizon and the entire future.

By hitting the same anvil
we manage to transform reality.
We have the tool: memory
and our life is far from the sea.

Like the plow opens furrows we write verses
with a compass in hand and fire in the chest
to live feeling to grow inside
to encompass the horizon and the entire future.

We enter the dawn and our hesitant
and distrustful step learns to walk.
Life is not winter all year round
nor can force tie justice.

I ask for peace and the word and the future is ours
and the future is ours.