Paroles et traduction Joan Baez - Gracias a la Vida (Here's to Life)

Gracias a la Vida (Here's to Life)

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro
Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco
Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado
Y en las multitudes al hombre que yo amo

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario
Con él las palabras que pienso y declaro
Madre, amigo, hermano, y luz alumbrando
La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el oído que en todo su ancho
Graba noche y día, grillos y canarios
Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos
Y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados
Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos
Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos
Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto
Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto
Los dos materiales que forman mi canto
Y el canto de ustedes que es mi propio canto
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

Thanks to Life (Here's to Life)

Thanks to life, for giving me so much
It gave me two bright eyes, that when I open them
I can clearly see what's black from what's white
And in the high sky its starry background
And in the crowds the man I love

Thanks to life, for giving me so much
It gave me sound and the alphabet
With it the words that I think and declare
Mother, friend, brother, and light illuminating
The path of the soul of the one I love

Thanks to life, for giving me so much
It gave me the hearing that in all its vastness
Records night and day, crickets and canaries
Hammers, turbines, howls, downpours
And the voice so tender of my beloved

Thanks to life, for giving me so much
It gave me the march of my tired feet
With them I walked through cities and puddles
Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains
And your house, your street and your patio

Thanks to life, for giving me so much
It gave me laughter and it gave me tears
Thus I distinguish joy from heartbreak
The two materials that make up my song
And the song of you all, which is my own song
Thanks to life, for giving me so much