Solitude over ruins.
Blood on grain,
Red and yellow.
Fountain of poison.
Wounded shields.
5 centuries unchanged.
Liberty with no galop.
Battered, torn flags.
Pride and lies.
Gold and silver medals
Against hope.
5 centuries unchanged.
On this part of the earth,
History fell
As stones fall,
Yet some touch the heavens
Or are close to the sun.
Or are close to the sun.
Unlove, Unfound.
Forgive and forget.
Body with mineral.
Hard working towns.
Infancies empoverished.
5 centuries unchanged.
Loyalty over tombs.
Sacred stones.
God had no chance to cry.
A long nightmare.
Children of no one.
Five centuries unchanged.
Death against life.
The glory of a people
Disappeared.
It's beginning, it's ending.
Legend lost.
Five centuries unchanged.
On this part of the earth.
History fell
As stones fall,
Yet some touch the heavens
Or are close to the sun.
Or are close to the sun.
It's flowers at dusk.
Revolutions
And though many are no longer with us
Never did anyone think
To kiss your feet.
Five centuries unchanged.
(English translation by Joel Cruz)
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