Violeta Parra - Gracias a la vida (English translation #4)

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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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Translation1 2 3#45 6 7 8

Thanks To Life

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It has given me two eyes, and when I open them

I clearly distinguish black from white

And in the high sky, its starry depths,

And from the crowds, the man that I love

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It has given me hearing, which in all its breadth

Day and night records crickets and canaries,

Hammers, turbines, barking, dark clouds,

And the tender voice of my beloved one

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It has given me sound and the alphabet

And with it the words to think and speak

Mother, friend, brother, and the light that brightens

The path of the soul of my loved one

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It has kept my tired feet walking

With them I walked through cities and puddles,

Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains

And your house, your street and your courtyard

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It gave me my heart, which shakes its frame

When I look at the fruit of the human brain

When I look at good ones so far from bad ones

When I look at the bottom of your light-color eyes

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

It has given me laughter and it has given me tears

Thus I distinguish between joy and pain,

They are all elements of my song

and of your song, which is all one and the same

Thanks to life, which has given me so much

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John King Jr. on 2017-01-30

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Writer(s) : Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: VIOLETA PARRA SANDOVAL

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