Maniobras de Guerra

War Maneuvers

Maniobras de Guerra

Order 000, Draw 418Orden 000, Sorteo 418
Order 001, Draw 754Orden 001, Sorteo 754
Order 002, Draw 845Orden 002, Sorteo 845

That morning they woke you upAquella maana te despertaron
With strange numbers echoingRetumbando unos nmeros raros
And without even realizingY sin darte cuenta siquiera
You were a new soldierEras un nuevo soldado
Many dreams were cut offMuchos sueos se cortaron
Others divergedOtros se bifurcaron
Suddenly they enlisted youDe repente te enrolaron
And crowded you on a shipY en un buque te hacinaron
Military service, how disgusting you are!Servicio militar, qu asco me das!
Love for the Motherland! Take up your arms! To kill!Amor a la Patria! Tomen sus armas! A matar!
Where is the enemy? Did they erase it? Did they change it?Dnde est el enemigo? Lo borraron? Lo cambiaron?
A serious ball was formedUna bola de graves se hizo
Among officers, corporals, sergeants, and lieutenantsEntre oficiales, cabos, sargentos y tenientes
They have enemies! And they have them in front of themEllos tienen enemigos! Y los tienen enfrente
They are the lefties, faggots, little headsSon los zurdos, putos, cabecitas
And especially, black little ballsY en especial, negros bolitas

Take up arms, love for the Motherland. To kill!Tomen las armas, amor a la Patria. Matar!

Order 019, Draw 727Orden 019, Sorteo 727
Order 020, Draw 419Orden 020, Sorteo 419

Without enemies, without flags, without bordersSin enemigos, sin banderas, sin fronteras
Lieutenant, the order is: Kill anyone!Teniente, la consigna es: Mate a cualquiera!

Time passed, a lot of time:Pas el tiempo, mucho tiempo:
By Carrasco's blood, the military service ended up being nothingPor la sangre de Carrasco la colimba qued en nada
But in my mind, the persistent memory remainsPero en mi mente sigue el recuerdo persistente
Of the kids from Malvinas, the disappearedDe los pibes de Malvinas, los desaparecidos
Poor forgotten ones, the survivors...Pobres olvidados, los sobrevivientes...
As a reward, they threw a little badge to the soldiersA los soldados como premio una chapita les tiraron
That morning, when they drew youAquella maana, cuando te sortearon
Your days were numberedTus das quedaron contados
With those damn numbers, life tied you downCon esos putos nmeros la vida te amarraron
To a distant destiny, a strange countryA un destino lejano, un extrao pas
In a forgotten cold mud, the bodies piled upEn un fro lodo olvidado, los cuerpos amasijados
April 2nd, national black day...2 de Abril, da negro nacional...

Sometimes, when I analyze this lifeA veces, cuando analizo esta vida
Turned upside down and without valuesDada vuelta y sin valores
I feel like escapingMe dan ganas de escapar
I look to one side and the otherMiro a un lado y a otro
Trying to find those responsibleTratando de buscar responsables
And for what?Y para qu?
The beasts of the regimeLas bestias del proceso
Burned the idealsQuemaron los ideales
Along with books by Cortázar and BenedettiJunto a libros de Cortzar y Benedetti
They led us to the war of '82Nos llevaron a la guerra del 82
Nothing to rescue, just corpses to countNada para rescatar, slo cadveres para contar