Retrato - Live Version - Mercedes Sosa translation in English

Retrato - Live Version

De amplia miel
Era su corazon en agraz
Y su boca locuaz
Como un viento fluvial
La corriente total
De su sangre en accion
La arrastraba en turbion
Convencido y caudal
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar
Y a mi lado durmio.
Germino con aquel
Resplandor maternal
Que la hacia panal
Y la henchia de ser
Y aprendio al comprender
Y comprendio al pensar
Y penso al militar
Y milito al crecer.
No fue extraña al telar
Por la usina paso
A la greda volvio
Regreso de la mar y a mi lado soño.
Cuando ardio la ciudad
Cuando el tanque arraso
Y su pueblo cayo
Traicionado otra vez.
La vi mucho a traves
De los meses actuar
Trabajar, ayudar
Desgarrarse los pies.
No fue extraña al telar...
Desaparecio.

Portrait - Live Version

Of ample honey
Her heart was like unripe grapes
And her garrulous mouth
Like a river wind
The total current
Of her blood in action
Carried her away in a whirlwind
Convinced and mighty
She was no stranger to the loom
She passed through the factory
She returned to the clay
Returned from the sea
And slept by my side.
She germinated with that
Maternal radiance
That made her a honeycomb
And filled her with being
And she learned to understand
And she understood to think
And she thought to campaign
And she campaigned to grow.
She was no stranger to the loom
She passed through the factory
She returned to the clay
Returned from the sea and dreamed by my side.
When the city burned
When the tank rolled over
And her people fell
Betrayed once again.
I saw her a lot through
The months acting
Working, helping
Tearing her feet apart.
She was no stranger to the loom...
She disappeared.