Violeta Parra - Gracias a la vida (English translation)

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Violeta Parra – Gracias a la vida

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Gracias a la vida

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro,

Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco

Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado

Y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado el oído que en todo su ancho

Graba noche y día, grillos y canarios,

Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos,

Y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario;

Con el las palabras que pienso y declaro:

Madre, amigo, hermano, y luz alumbrando

La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados;

Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,

Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos,

Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me dio el corazón que agita su marco

Cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano,

Cuando miro al bueno tan lejos del malo,

Cuando miro al fondo de tus ojos claros

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto

Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto,

Los dos materiales que forman mi canto,

Y el canto de ustedes que es mi mismo canto,

Y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

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Translation#12 3 4 5 6 7 8

Thanks to the life

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It gave me two eyes, that when I open

I perfectly distinguish black from white

And in the high sky its starry depths

And in the crowds the man that I love

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It has given me my hearing in all of its breadth

It records night and day, crickets and canaries,

Hammers, turbines, barks, storms,

And the voice so tender of my beloved

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It has given me the sound and the alphabet;

With it the words I think and state:

Mother, friend, brother, and illuminating light

The path of the soul of the one that I love

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It has given me the steps of my tired feet;

With them I walked through cities and puddles,

Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains,

And your house, your street and your yard

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It gave me the heart that shakes its frame

When I look at the fruit of the human brain,

When I look at the good so far away from evil,

When I look at the depth of your bright eyes

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

It has given me the laughter and it has given me the cry

That's how I distinguish joy from sadness,

The two materials that form my song,

And the song of you all which is my song,

And the song of everyone which is my own song

Thanks to the life that has given me so much

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Translations of "Gracias a la vida"

English #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

Finnish #1, #2

Italian #1, #2

Romanian #1, #2

Serbian #1, #2, #3

Turkish #1, #2

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