Los Numerosos Nadies

The Countless Nobodies

Los Numerosos Nadies

I'm gonna start with so much crushed heart,Voy a partir de tanto corazon machacado,
Despite being denied a voice,Muy a pesar de que se nos niegue la voz,
Even though everyone has a price in the free market,Aunque todos tengan un precio en el libre mercado,
Despite living without knowing who we are,A pesar de vivir sin saber quienes somos,
I sing.Yo canto.

I draw pictures on the sandTrazo dibujos sobre la arena
To be able to tell you my sorrows,Para poderte contar mis penas,
I am a shipwreck of wind that the seaNaufrago soy de viento que el mar
Carries to oblivion,Se lleva al olvido,
Despite the crying and frustration,Muy a pesar del llanto y la frustracion,
Disillusionment and resignation.Del desencanto y de la resignacion.

The law of dying or killingLa ley de morirse o matar
Turns into fear,Se transforma en miedo,
With fear we live,Con miedo vivimos,
Out of fear we are nobody,Por miedo es que somos nadie,
The free right to peaceEl libre derecho a la paz
Distorts into consumption,Se deforma en consumo,
Tell me how much you consume and I'll tell you how much you're worth..Dime cuanto consumes y yo te dire cuanto vales..
Owing.Debiendo.

I got tired of living as if I didn't exist,Me harte de vivir como si no existiera,
Forced to silence my pains,Sumiso obligado a callar mis dolores,
I lived in black and white grumblingDe blanco y de negro vivi resongando
And dreaming in colors.Y soñando a colores.

We grew up fighting, punishing, snatchingCrecimos peleando, castigando, arrebatando
The fruit from our equals.El fruto a nuestros iguales.
We passed by lying, mutilating, cursingPasamos mintiendo, mutilando, maldiciendo
The end of all love.El fin de todo el amor.

Fleas dream of buying a dog,Sueñan las pulgas con comprarse un perro,
And the nobodies dream of getting out of poverty,Y sueñan los nadies con salir de pobres,
That some magical day good luck will suddenly rain down,Que algun magico dia llueva de pronto la buena suerte,
That it will rain buckets, good luck.Que llueva a cantaros, la buena suerte.
But good luck doesn't rain yesterday, nor today,Pero la buena suerte no llueve ayer, ni hoy,
Nor tomorrow, nor ever, nor does good luck fall from the sky in a drizzle,Ni mañana, ni nunca, ni en lloviznita cae del cielo la buena suerte,
No matter how much the nobodies call for it,Por mucho que los nadies la llamen,
And even if their left hand itchesY aunque les pique la mano izquierda
Or they get up on the right foot,O se levanten con el pie derecho,
Or start the year carrying a broom,O empiecen el año cargando la escoba,
The nobodies, the children of nobodies, the owners of nothing,Los nadies, los hijos de nadies, lo dueños de nada,
The nobodies, the nothings, the disregarded ones,Los nadies, los ningunos, los ninguneados,
Chasing the hare, dying life,Corriendo la liebre, muriendo la vida,
Screwed, really screwed, who are not even though they are,Jodidos, re jodidos, que no son aunque sean,
Who do not speak languages, but dialects,Que no hablan idiomas, sino dialectos,
Who do not profess religions but superstitions,Que no profesan religiones sino supersticiones,
Who do not make art but crafts,Que no hacen arte sino artesania,
Who do not practice culture but folklore,Que no practican cultura sino folklore,
Who are not human beings but human resources,Que no son seres humanos sino recursos humanos,
Who do not have faces but arms,Que no tienen cara sino brazos,
Who do not have names, but numbers,Que no tienen nombre, sino numero,
Who do not appear in universal history,Que no figuran en la historia universal,
But in the local press's crime section.Sino en la cronica roja de la prensa local.
The nobodies, who cost less than the bullet that kills them.Los nadies, que cuestan menos, que la bala que los mata.

What good is it to get up when we always, always are nobody?De qué nos sirve levantarse cuando siempre, siempre somos nadie?
Early walk the same street, where everything,Temprano caminar la misma calle, donde todo,
Everything remains the same.Todo sigue igual.
Where has brotherhood gone,¿a dónde habrá quedad la hermandad,
The thirst, the rage, and the courageLa sed, la rabia y el coraje
To raise our voices, go shouting repeating that:De alzar las voces, ir gritando repitiendo que:
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothingNo somos nada, nadie es nada, nada
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothingNo somos nada, nadie es nada, nada
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothingNo somos nada, nadie es nada, nada
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothingNo somos nada, nadie es nada, nada
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothingNo somos nada, nadie es nada, nada
We are nothing, nobody is nothing, nothing.No somos nada, nadie es nada, nada.