Santiago de Chile [English translation]
Santiago de Chile [English translation]
There I loved a terrible woman,
always crying over the eternal smoke
of that city that was cornered
by winter signals
There I learned how to endure the cold with my skin,
and then let my body into the drizzle,
in the hands of the hard white mist
in enigmatic streets
That's not dead,
they haven't killed it
not with distance,
nor with the vile soldier
There, between the mountains, I had friends
that were brothers among the smoke bombs
There I had more than four things
that I have always desired
There our song became small
among the desperate crowd,
a powerful song of the earth
was what sang more strongly
That's not dead,
they haven't killed it
not with distance,
nor with the vile soldier
It followed me all the way, like a shadow,
the face of he that can't be seen anymore,
and Death whispered in my ear
that it would appear soon
There I felt hate, I felt shame
beggar children from the early morning,
and the desire of changing each string
for a bullet pack
That's not dead,
they haven't killed it
not with distance,
nor with the vile soldier
- Artist:Silvio Rodríguez
- Album:Días y flores (1975)