Cancion de Cuna Para Gobernante

Lullaby for a Ruler

Cancion de Cuna Para Gobernante

Sleep peacefully as a saber approachesDuerme tranquilamente que viene un sable
To watch over your ruler's dreamA vigilar tu sueño de gobernante

America cradles you like a motherAmérica te acuna como una madre
With one arm of rage and the other of bloodCon un brazo de rabia y otro de sangre

Sleep with commotion, sleep and don't commandDuerme con aspavientos, duerme y no mandes
For the students are already keeping watch over youQue ya te están velando los estudiantes

Sleep while above the birds cryDuerme mientras arriba lloran las aves
And the evening star works for the prisonY el lucero trabaja para la cárcel

Men, children, women, in other words: NobodyHombres, niños, mujeres, es decir: Nadie
It seems they don't want you to restParece que no quieren que tú descanses

They touch lightly on your grand dream with small sorrowsRozan con penas chicas tu sueño grande
When they're not asking for houses, they demand breadCuando no piden casas, pretenden panes

They shout by your cradleGritan junto a tu cuna
Don't get up even if their cry says: Hear, mortalsNo te levantes aunque su grito diga: Oíd, mortales

Officially fall asleep, without worryingDuermete oficialmente, sin preocuparte
That only some stones are responsibleQue sólo algunas piedras son responsable

That the lilies of the field are not hungryQue los lirios del campo no tienen hambre
And the students are already keeping watch over youY ya te están velando los estudiantes

And the evening star works for the prisonY el lucero trabaja para la cárcel