Canción Por La Unidad Latinoamericana (part. Chico Buarque)

Song for Latin American Unity (feat. Chico Buarque)

Canción Por La Unidad Latinoamericana (part. Chico Buarque)

The birth of a worldEl nacimiento de un mundo
Was postponed for a momentSe aplazó por un momento
It was a brief lapse of timeFue un breve lapso del tiempo
In the universe, a secondDel universo, un segundo

Yet it seemedSin embargo parecía
That everything was going to endQue todo se iba a acabar
With the deadly distanceCon la distancia mortal
That separated our livesQue separó nuestras vidas

They carried out the taskRealizaron la labor
Of breaking our hands apartDe desunir nossas mãos
And making brothersE fazer com que os irmãos
Look at each other with fearSe mirassem com temor

As the years went byCuando pasaron los años
Resentments accumulatedSe acumularon rencores
Loves were forgottenSe olvidaron los amores
We seemed like strangersParecíamos extraños

What a painful distanceQue distância tão sofrida
What a world so dividedQue mundo tão separado
Would never have foundJamás hubiera encontrado
Without bringing new livesSin aportar nuevas vidas

And who guarantees that historyE quem garante que a história
Is an abandoned cartÉ carroça abandonada
On the side of the roadNuma beira de estrada
Or in a inglorious stationOu numa estação inglória

History is a joyful cartA história é um carro alegre
Full of a happy peopleCheio de um povo contente
That runs over indifferentlyQue atropela indiferente
Anyone who denies itTodo aquele que a negue

It's a train marking tracksÉ um trem riscando trilhos
Opening new spacesAbrindo novos espaços
Waving many armsAcenando muitos braços
Swinging our childrenBalançando nossos filhos

What shines with its own lightLo que brilla con luz propia
No one can extinguishNadie lo puede apagar
Its brightness can reachSu brillo puede alcanzar
The darkness of other shoresLa oscuridad de otras costas

Who will prevent the flameQuem vai impedir que a chama
From illuminating the stageSaia iluminando o cenário
From setting fire to the assemblySaia incendiando o plenário
From inventing another plotSaia inventando outra trama

Who will prevent the windsQuem vai evitar que os ventos
From knocking on poorly closed doorsBatam portas mal fechadas
Turning over poorly tilled landsRevirem terras mal socadas
And spreading our sorrowsE espalhem nossos lamentos

And finally, who pays the priceE enfim que paga o pesar
For the time that was spentDo tempo que se gastou
For the lives it costDe las vidas que costó
For the ones it may costDe las que puede costar

A star has already been launchedJá foi lançada uma estrela
For those who can seePra quem souber enxergar
For those who want to reachPra quem quiser alcançar
And walk embraced by itE andar abraçado nela