• Victor Jara

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Man is a creator

Just like so many others
Being a child, I learned to sweat,
I didn't know schools
Nor I knew what “to play” meant!
They were getting me out of bed
Early in the morning
And next to my dad
I grew up working.
 
Only with my skill
I worked as a carpenter,
a plasterer and a builder
a plumber and a turner,
Curse, because it would be a glance
To be well-educated
Because, from any element
Man is a creator.
 
I raise a house
Or I build a road
I add taste to the wine
I pull out a little smoke out of the factory.
I go to the bottom of the earth
And I conquer the summits
I walk through the stars
and I traverse the forest.
 
I learned vocabulary
Of the master, the owner, and the manager,
They killed me so many times
For having raised my voice against them
But from the ground, I get up
So that people can lend me their hands
Because now I’m not alone
Because now we are so much! 
 
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El hombre es un creador

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