Bienaventurados [English translation]

They give you life

but they don't gift it to you.

Life is paid

for the more it torments you.

It's been like this since

God tossed man out of Eden,

for confusing

that what is good

for what conveniences him.

If in payments or upfront

life takes its toll,

slices and finishes

up the the last crumb.

That if in each joy

there is a bitterness,

all misfortune hides some advantage.

Blessed are the fools

that put themselves at risk to lend advice

for they will be wise at the expense

of other people's errors.

Blessed are the poor

for they know, with certainty,

that no one must love them for their riches.

Blessed are the addicts to strong emotions

for time flies for fun-living people.

Blessed are the owners of power and glory

for they inform us of how the thing goes.

Blessed are those who reach the peak

for it will be downhill the rest of the journey.

Blessed are those who experience defeat

for they will recognise their friends.

In whatever circumstance

for dreadful it may be,

search for the way

to live happily ever after;

that in spite of how high

that they set the bar for us,

it's necessary to leap

with the intention

of being happy.

Blessed are the chaste

for they have divine grace

and the chance to stop being it

at the turn of one's back.

Blessed are those who passionately love

for they have at their power

more than fifty percent of a grand romance.

Blessed are those who are at the bottom of the well

for from there and forwards

there is only room to get better.

Blessed are those who blow their own trumpet

for they will have the chance

to demonstrate it.

Blessed are those who incurred in a debt

for at one time someone did something for them.

Blessed are those who have it clear

for theirs is the kingdom of the blind.

• Artist:Joan Manuel Serrat
• Album:Bienaventurados