Contrapunto para Humano y Computadora

Counterpoint for Human and Computer

Contrapunto para Humano y Computadora

First time's the charmLa primera es la vencida
The third is the thirdLa tercera es la tercera
So I challenge anyoneAsí que reto a cualquiera
Let me be measured hereQue conmigo aquí se mida
Whoever accepts is suicidalQuien acepte es un suicida
That is overratedQue se sobrevalora
Because no one beats me nowPorque nadie me vence ahora
Not even the world champion singerNi el coplero campeón mundial
Not a freestyle rapperNi un rapero de freestyle
Not even the best computerNi la mejor computadora

Not even the best computer?¿Ni la mejor computadora?
You say that you are a mere human?¿Lo dice usted que es un simple humano?
He appears so proudSe muestra tan ufano
But his time has comePero le llegó la hora
Because his ego devours himPorque su ego lo devora
And he believes himself to be superior to the extremeY se cree superior a ultranza
But one sample is enoughPero con una muestra alcanza
Today, the bombs that their minds createdHoy, las bombas que crearon sus mentes
They are smarterSon más inteligentes
That the idiots who throw themQue los idiotas que las lanzan

The idiots who throw themLos idiotas que las lanzan
They don't represent meA mi no me representan
But to those who invent themPero a los que las inventan
Maybe you owe your confidenceQuizás debas tu confianza
And even though it may seem like a jokeY aunque parezca chanza
Your life is by its inventionTu vida es por su invención
And I say "life" with compassionY digo "vida" con compasión
To an unreasonable gatheringA un rejunte irrazonable
Of circuits, chips and cablesDe circuitos, chips y cables
Without soul or heartSin alma ni corazón

Without soul or heart?¿Sin alma ni corazón?
Look who says itMire justo quien lo dice
When a bathroom locatesCuando un baño localice
Wash your mouth with soapLávese la boca con jabón
Because it is an aberrationPorque es una aberración
His morals tied with wireSu moral atada con alambre
Did a swarm of insects sting your eyes?¿Le picó en los ojos un enjambre?
Or is it just that he doesn't want to see?O solo es que no quiere ver
There are people just like youQue hay gente igual que usted
Thirsty and hungryCon sed y pasando hambre

Thirsty and hungry?¿Con sed y pasando hambre?
And what do I have to do with it?¿Y yo qué tengo que ver?
If those who do not do what needs to be doneSi los que no hacen lo que hay que hacer
They are irresponsibleSon unos irresponsables
In the meantime, unpresentableEntre tanto impresentable
A machine criticizes meUna máquina me critica
Feeling is manufacturedSentimiento se fabrica
Not knowing what a father isSin saber lo que es un padre
And not even on Mother's DayY ni el día de la madre
You know what it meansSabe lo que significa

Do you know what it means?¿Sabe lo que significa?
You are like PilateUsted es como Pilatos
He washes his hands and is ungratefulSe lava las manos y es ingrato
And does not dignify his raceY a su raza no dignifica
Because, let's see, how do you explain it to me?Porque, ¿a ver, cómo me explica?
That their elders are forgottenQue a sus mayores tengan olvidados
Forgetting what they have given themOlvidando lo que ellos les han dado
Treat them like ineptLos traten como ineptos
They disrespect themLes falten el respeto
And leave them abandonedY los dejen abandonados

Did they leave them abandoned?¿Los dejen abandonados?
If something similar happensSi pasa algo parecido
Maybe it's my deservednessSerá que es mi merecido
Or I failed the person next to meO le fallé a quien tengo al lado
Like an entity without a pastComo un ente sin pasado
Questions with malice aforethoughtCuestiona con alevosía
"I think, therefore I am," he would say"Pienso luego existo", diría
Our friend, DescartesNuestro amigo, Descartes
But we had to think about youPero tuvimos que pensarte
Because otherwise you wouldn't existPorque sino no existirías

Why else would it not exist?¿Porque sino no existiría?
Did we get transcendental?¿Nos pusimos trascendentales?
His existential problemsSus problemas existenciales
They don't solve them even with philosophyNo los resuelven ni con filosofía
I would be ashamed of myselfVergüenza propia me daría
Not knowing what I am and I question itNo saber lo que soy y lo interpelo
They look at me with suspicionMe miran a mi con recelo
And they still argue bitterlyY aún discuten con encono
If they descend from a monkeySi descienden de un mono
Or a guy who lives in the skyO de un tipo que vive en el cielo

From a guy who lives in the sky?¿De un tipo que vive en el cielo?
It is a sharp reflectionEs una reflexión aguda
I prefer to have that doubtPrefiero tener esa duda
To be a piece of ironQue ser un pedazo de fierro
I am my own front manSoy mi propio testaferro
I suggest you listen to meQue me escuches te sugiero
I choose what I preferYo elijo lo que prefiero
And you don't know what freedom isY la libertad no sabés lo que es
You do what you canVos hacés lo que podés
But I do what I wantPero yo hago lo que quiero

But I do what I want?¿Pero yo hago lo que quiero?
And they are prisoners of their routineY están presos de su rutina
In their homes, streets and officesEn sus casas, calles y oficinas
Corrupted by moneyCorrompidos por el dinero
They don't know what it means to be austereNo saben lo que es ser austero
Consuming pure brillianceConsumiendo puro brillo
I tell him this and humiliate himLe digo esto y lo humillo
The only organs that work for themLos únicos órganos que les funcionan
And they certainly don't donate themY seguro no los donan
They are the wallet and the pocketSon la cartera y el bolsillo

Wallet and pocket?¿La cartera y el bolsillo?
How do you think they did to you?¿Cómo creés que a vos te hicieron?
They got the silverLa plata consiguieron
For your plates and screwsPara tus placas y tornillos
Someone spent a nice pennyAlguien gastó un buen sencillo
In order to buy youPara poder comprarte
So don't send the partAsí que no te mandés la parte
Because you're already tiring mePorque ya me estás cansando
And I'm seriously thinkingY seriamente estoy pensando
Unplug soonEn breve desenchufarte

Will I be unplugging soon?¿En breve desenchufarme?
How simple is your scienceQue simple que es su ciencia
Resorting to violenceRecurrir a la violencia
As an argument to silence meComo argumento para silenciarme
But I don't plan on keeping quietPero no pienso callarme
And sooner rather than laterY más temprano que tarde
I see that my argument burns youVeo que mi alegato le arde
And altered his biorhythmY alteró su biorritmo
Although he did not imagine my algorithmAunque no imaginó mi algoritmo
That it turned out to be so cowardlyQue resultara tan cobarde

Automaton!¡Autómata!
SavagesSalvajes
Artifice!¡Artificio!
HypocritesHipócritas
Clone!¡Clon!
PrimitivesPrimitivos
Entelechy!¡Entelequia!
RacistsRacistas
Anathema!¡Anatema!
IntolerantIntolerantes
Exegete!¡Exégeta!
EgocentricsEgocéntricos
Libel!¡Libelo!
CavemenCavernícolas
Alien!¡Alien!
CorruptCorruptos
Hardware!¡Quincalla!
InhumansInhumanos
Go!¡Andá!
GoAndá