Gracias a la vida [English translation]

Thanks to life which has given me so

Gave me two stars, that when opened,

Perfectly distinguish black from white

And in the sky above, her starry backdrop

And in the multitudes the man I love

Thanks to life which has given me so

It has given me my hearing that in all its breadth

Day and night records, crickets, canaries,

Hammers, turbines, bricks, storms,

And the tender voice of my beloved

Thanks to life which has given me so

It has given me sound and the alphabet;

within the words I think and declare:

Mother, friend, brother, and light illuminating

The path of the soul of my loved one

Thanks to life which has given me so

It has given me my tired feet;

With them I walked cities, puddles

Beaches, deserts, mountains, plains

your house, your street and your patio

Thanks to life which has given me so

He gave me the heart that shakes it's frame

When I see the fruit of the human brain

When I see good so far from bad,

When I look into the depths of your blue eyes

Thanks to life which has given me so

It has given me laughter also tears

So I distinguish happiness and pain

The two materials that make my song,

And your song which is my own song,

And the song of all which is my own song

Thanks to life which has given me so

• Artist:Violeta Parra