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[b]Why do we Sing[/b]

This is a Lyrics and a Poem.

[b]Why do we Sing[/b] - translation of [b]Porqué Cantamos - Mario Benedetti.[/b]

If each hour came with a death,
if time was a cave of thiefs,
the airs were no more the Buenos Aires,
and each life no more than a moving target.

You, you will ask why do we sing.

If our loved ones were left without hugs,
our homeland almost dead of sadness
and the heart of people was broken in pieces
before the shame ended exploding.

You, you will ask why do we sing.

We sing because the river is now sounding
and when the river sounds, it sounds the river.
We sing because the evil ones have no names
but their destiny surelly haves one.

We sing because the kids and cos all others
and because some future and the People

We sing because the survivors
and our fallen ones wants us to sing.

If we went as far as an horizon,
if all what was left were trees and sky,
if every night was always another absent one
and every morning´s wake up, a missing one.

You, you will ask why do we sing.

We sing because it rains over the surrow
and cos we are partisans of Life
and because we can´t and we don´t want to
allow the song to become shields.

We sing because the scream is not enough
and neither are enough our tears and our anger.
We sing because we believe in our People
and becouse we will succeed over defeat.

We sing because the sky do recognise us
and because the land smells to Spring times
and because in this, each branch, and in that fruit
each question haves it´s answer.