Soledad Barret

Soledad Barret

Soledad Barret

Doubt leads my hand to the guitarLa duda lleva mi mano hasta la guitarra
My whole life is not enough to believeMi vida entera no alcanza para creer
That they can close the purity of your gazeQue puedan cerrar lo limpio de tu mirada
There is no storm or cloud of blood that can eraseNo existe tormenta ni nube de sangre que puedan borrar
Your clear signalTu clara señal

The loneliness of my hand joins othersLa soledad de mi mano se da con otras
Trying to leave what is theirs for othersBuscando dejar lo suyo por los demás
To the wounded hand that releases its armamentsQue a mano herida que suelta sus armamentos
You have to make it fall in love with mine or all of them will riseHay que enamorarla con la mía o todas que los van a alzar
All of them will riseQue los van a alzar

One thing I learned alongside SoledadUna cosa aprendí junto a Soledad
That tears must be embraced, given to singQue el llanto hay que empuñarlo, darlo a cantar

Hot January, Recife, blind silenceCaliente enero, Recife, silencio ciego
The strings even forgot the GuaraniLas cuerdas hasta olvidaron el guaraní
That you always pronounced on your pathsEl que siempre pronunciabas en tus caminos
As a wandering girl, sowing justice where there is noneDe muchacha andante, sembrando justicia donde no la hay
Where there is noneDonde no la hay

Another thing I learned alongside SoledadOtra cosa aprendí junto a Soledad
That the homeland is not just one placeQue la patria no es un solo lugar

Like the libertarian grandfather of ParaguayCual el libertario abuelo del Paraguay
Growing up, he sought his path, and UruguayCreciendo buscó su senda, y el Uruguay
Does not forget the sweet mark of his footprintNo olvida la marca dulce de su pisada
When he seeks the north, the north of Brazil, to fightCuando busca el norte, el norte Brasil, para combatir
To fightPara combatir

A third thing she taught usUna tercera cosa nos enseñó
What one cannot achieve, two willLo que no logre uno ya lo harán dos

Somewhere in the wind or in the truthEn algún sitio del viento o de la verdad
Solitude is with her whole dreamEstá con su sueño entero la soledad
She does not want long words or anniversariesNo quiere palabras largas ni aniversarios
Her day is the day when everyone saysSu día es el día en que todos digan
Armed: Homeland, rojaijúArmas en la mano: Patria, rojaijú