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Marketplace

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Las palabras del profeta eran simples y clarasThe words of the prophet were simple and plain
Y sin embargo, para los eruditos sonaban insanasAnd yet to the learned he sounded insane
Pedía arrepentimiento a todos los pecadoresHe asked for repentance from all who have sinned
No como una caña simplemente meciéndose al vientoNot a reed simply swayed by the wind

Y cuando llegó el turno del MesíasAnd when the Messiah's turn came to pass
El salvador fue maldecido por la misma clase mezquinaThe savior was cursed by the same petty class
Decían que Juan tenía un demonio, no probaba vinoThey said John had a demon, he tasted no wine
Y Cristo era un glotón, cenaba con borrachosAnd Christ was a glutton, with drunkards he dined

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Sus líneas no eran lindas ni sus gestos o vozTheir lines were not cute nor their gestures or voice
Tocaban la flauta pero la multitud no se regocijabaThey played with the flute but the crowd won't rejoice
El centinela había tocado sus trompetas para advertirThe watchman had sounded their trumpets to warn
Entonaban un canto fúnebre pero la gente no llorabaThey chanted a dirge but the people didn't mourn

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En la tradición de Jesús, sus seguidores predicabanIn Jesus's tradition his followers preached
La miseria del mundo tocaban y alcanzabanThe world's destitution they touched and they reached
Pero seis mil años no lo cambiaron en nadaBut six thousand years never changed it a bit
El viejo y mismo mercadoThe old and the same marketplace

Buscamos milagros, maravillas y señalesWe're looking for miracles, wonders and signs
Por un espectáculo maravilloso nos alineamosFor a marvelous spectacle we fall in line
Por plata y oro y finas vestiduras y famaFor silver and gold and fine raiment and fame
Como si fueran un premio en un juego espiritualAs though they were a prize in a spiritual game

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Estamos sordos y mudos y no les dimos oportunidadWe're deaf and we're mute and we gave them no chance
Tocaban la flauta pero nadie bailabaThey fiddled the flute but then nobody danced
Son fieles a sus palabras y cumplieron sus promesasThey're true to their words and their pledges they kept
Cantaban en un canto fúnebre pero nadie llorabaThey sang in a dirge but nobody wept

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