Mujer Frontera (part. Alba Florés, Ana Tijoux)

Border Woman (feat. Alba Florés, Ana Tijoux)

Mujer Frontera (part. Alba Florés, Ana Tijoux)

She has no hands to heal woundsNo tiene manos para curar heridas
She has no legs to cross lifeNo tiene piernas para cruzar la vida
She has no eyes to read her soulNo tiene ojos que le lean el alma
Nor does she have ears to embrace wordsNi tiene oídos para abrazar palabras

She has no breasts to burn the airNo tiene pechos para quemar el aire
She has no desire for another body to dance with herNi tiene ganas que otro cuerpo le baile
And she carries tied wrists and anklesY lleva atados muñecas y tobillos
She wants to be a bird, but she can't find a nestQuiere ser ave, pero no encuentra nido

And she doesn't want to liveY no quiere vivir
And she doesn't want to dieY no quiere morir

She is a border woman, she is a horizonEs mujer frontera es horizonte
She is a highway that separates south and northEs una autopista que separa sur y norte
She is a tongue twister in your mouthEs un trabalenguas en tu boca
She is two hemispheres, a place of maneuverEs dos hemisferios es lugar de maniobra
She is a full stop, but also a partEs punto y seguido, pero a parte
She is an eternal tunnel, ice in the chest and becomes artEs túnel eterno es hielo en pecho y se hace arte
She is a full stop, but she continuesEs punto y aparte pero sigue
She is the tightrope that tightens in the declineEs la cuerda floja que se tensa en el declive

She has an emptiness that wrinkles her foreheadTiene un vacío que le arruga la frente
She is a mirror of people's tearsEs un espejo del llanto de la gente
She has two molars inherited from her grandfatherTiene dos muelas herencia de su abuelo
That fight against fear at nightQue por las noches pelean contra el miedo

And she has a crisis if she wets her fingersY tiene crisis si se moja los dedos
But she would like to drown in a desertPero quisiera ahogarse en un desierto
She wants to be dust long before being nothingQuiere ser polvo mucho antes que ser nada
And to be a remnant long before being forgottenY ser despojo mucho antes que olvidada

And she doesn't want to liveY no quiere vivir
And she doesn't want to dieY no quiere morir

She is a border woman, she is a horizonEs mujer frontera es horizonte
She is a highway that separates south and northEs una autopista que separa sur y norte
She is a tongue twister in your mouthEs un trabalenguas en tu boca
She is two hemispheres, a place of maneuverEs dos hemisferios es lugar de maniobra

She had no nameNo tenía nombre
She had no ageNo tenía edad
She carried the years of freedomLlevaba los años de la libertad
The war fellCaía la guerra
With all its forceCon toda su fuerza
While my mother crossed this landMientras mi madre cruzaba esta tierra

Before the world was made of stoneAntes que el mundo fuera de piedra
Before the walls were a shameAntes que los muros fueran la vergüenza
Before the sky cried without respiteAntes que el cielo llorara sin tregua
And the ground screamed for the thousand deadY el piso gritara por las mil muertas

Sister friends and companionsHermana amigas y compañera
Crossing distant bordersAtravesando lejana frontera
But life is never banishedPero la vida jamás se destierra
It is always taken wherever one wantsSiempre se lleva donde se quiera

Planting a worldPlantar un mundo
With thousands of fruitsCon miles de frutos
Where we all fitDonde quepamos
Or noneTodas o ninguno
Border womanMujer del borde
Woman from the north of the southMujer del norte del sur
Woman without a passportMujer sin pasaporte
Border womanMujer del borde
Woman from the north of the southMujer del norte del sur
Woman withoutMujer sin