Gracias a la vida [English translation]

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

• Artist:Violeta Parra