La Maldición de La Malinche

The Curse of La Malinche

La Maldición de La Malinche

They saw them coming from the seaDel mar los vieron llegar
My feathered brothersMis hermanos emplumados
They were the bearded menEran los hombres barbados
From the expected prophecyDe la profecía esperada
The voice of the monarch was heardSe oyó la voz del monarca
That God had arrivedDe que el Dios había llegado
And we opened the door for themY les abrimos la puerta
For fear of the unknownPor temor a lo ignorado

They were riding on beastsIban montados en bestias
Like evil demonsComo demonios del mal
They were walking with fire in their handsIban con fuego en las manos
And metal cutleryY cubiertos de metal
Only the value of a fewSolo el valor de unos cuantos
He resisted themLes opuso resistencia
And watching the blood flowY al mirar correr la sangre
They were filled with shameSe llenaron de verguenza

Because the gods do not eatPorque los dioses ni comen
They don't even enjoy what they stoleNi gozan con lo robado
And when we realizedY cuando nos dimos cuenta
Everything was already overYa todo estaba acabado
And in that error we deliverY en ese error entregamos
The greatness of the pastLa grandeza del pasado
And in that error we remainY en ese error nos quedamos
Three hundred years of slaveryTrescientos años esclavos

The curse remained with usSe nos quedó el maleficio
To give to the foreignerDe brindar al extranjero
Our faith, our cultureNuestra fe, nuestra cultura
Our bread, our moneyNuestro pan, nuestro dinero
And we keep changing themY les seguimos cambiando
Gold for glass beadsOro por cuentas de vidrio
And we give our richesY damos nuestras riquezas
For its shiny mirrorsPor sus espejos con brillo

Today, in the middle of the twentieth centuryHoy, en pleno siglo veinte
Blondes keep coming to usNos siguen llegando rubios
And we opened the house to themY les abrimos la casa
And we call them friendsY les llamamos amigos
But if he arrives tiredPero si llega cansado
An Indian walking the mountainsUn indio de andar la sierra
We humiliate him and we see itLo humillamos y lo vemos
As a stranger in his landComo extraño por su tierra

You, hypocrite who shows yourselfTú, hipócrita que te muestras
Humble before the foreignerHumilde ante el extranjero
But you become arrogantPero te vuelves soberbio
With your brothers from the townCon tus hermanos del pueblo
Oh, curse of malincheOh, maldición de malinche
Disease of the presentEnfermedad del presente
When will you leave my land?¿Cuándo dejarás mi tierra?
When will you set my people free?¿Cuándo harás libre a mi gente?