Paroles et traduction Milton Nascimento - Cancion Por La Unidad Latino Americana

Cancion Por La Unidad Latino Americana

El nascimiento de un mundo
Se aplazó por un momento
Fue un breve lapso del tiempo
Del universo un segundo

Sin embargo parecia
Que todo se iba a acabar
Con la distância mortal
Que separó nuestras vidas

Realizavan la labor
De desunir nossas mãos
E fazer com que os irmãos
Se mirassem con temor

Cuando passaron los años
Se acumularam rancores
Se olvidaram os amores
Pareciamos extraños

Que distância tão sofrida
Que mundo tão separado
Jamás se hubiera encontrado
Sin aportar nuevas vidas

E quem garante que a História
É carroça abandonada
Numa beira de estrada
Ou numa estação inglória

A História é um carro alegre
Cheio de um povo contente
Que atropela indiferente
Todo aquele que a negue

É trem riscando trilhos
Abrindo novos espaços
Acenando muitos braços
Balançando nossos filhos

Lo que brilla con luz propria
Nadie lo puede apagar
Su brillo puede alcanzar
La oscuridad de otras costas

Quem vai impedir que a chama
Saia iluminando o cenário
Saia incendiando o plenário
Saia inventando outra trama

Quem vai evitar que os ventos
Batam portas mal fechadas
Revirem terras mal socadas
E espalhem nossos lamentos

E enfim quem paga o pesar
Do tempo que se gastou
De las vidas que costó
De las que puede costar

Já foi lançada uma estrela
Pra quem souber enxergar
Pra quem quiser alcançar
E andar abraçado nela

Já foi lançada uma estrela
Pra quem souber enxergar
Pra quem quiser alcançar
E andar abraçado nela

Song for Latin American Unity

The birth of a world
Was postponed for a moment
It was a brief lapse of time
A second in the universe

However it seemed
That everything was going to end
With the mortal distance
That separated our lives

They carried out the task
Of separating our hands
And making the brothers
Look at each other with fear

As the years went by
Rancor accumulated
Love was forgotten
We seemed like strangers

What a painful distance
What a separated world
We would never have met
Without bringing new lives

And who guarantees that History
Is an abandoned wagon
On the side of a road
Or in an inglorious station

History is a happy car
Full of a happy people
Who run over indifferently
Anyone who denies it

It is a train crossing tracks
Opening new spaces
Waving many arms
Swinging our children

What shines with its own light
No one can extinguish it
Its brightness can reach
The darkness of other shores

Who will stop the flame
From going out, illuminating the scene
From going out, setting the plenary on fire
From going out, inventing another plot

Who will prevent the winds
From knocking on doors that are badly closed
From turning over poorly tamped earth
And scattering our lamentations

And who finally pays for the regret
Of the time that was wasted
Of the lives that it cost
Of those that it could cost

A star has already been launched
For those who know how to see
For those who want to reach
And walk arm in arm with her

A star has already been launched
For those who know how to see
For those who want to reach
And walk arm in arm with her