Silvio Rodríguez "Santiago de Chile" lyrics

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Santiago de Chile

Allí amé a una mujer terrible,llorando por el humo siempre eternode aquella ciudad acorraladapor símbolos de invierno.

Allí aprendí a quitar con piel el fríoy a echar luego mi cuerpo a la llovizna,en manos de la niebla dura y blanca,en calles del enigma.

Eso no está muerto,no me lo mataronni con la distanciani con el vil soldado.

Allí entre los cerros tuve amigosque entre bombas de humo eran hermanos.Allí yo tuve más de cuatro cosasque siempre he deseado.

Allí nuestra canción se hizo pequeñaentre la multitud desesperada:un poderoso canto de la tierraera quien más cantaba.

Hasta allí me siguió como una sombrael rostro del que ya no se veía,y en el oído me susurró la muerteque ya aparecería.

Allí yo tuve un odio, una vergüenza,niños mendigos de la madrugada,y el deseo de cambiar cada cuerdapor un saco de balas.

Santiago de Chile

There I loved a terrible woman,always crying over the eternal smokeof that city that was corneredby winter signals

There I learned how to endure the cold with my skin,and then let my body into the drizzle,in the hands of the hard white mistin enigmatic streets

That's not dead,they haven't killed itnot with distance,nor with the vile soldier

There, between the mountains, I had friendsthat were brothers among the smoke bombsThere I had more than four thingsthat I have always desired

There our song became smallamong the desperate crowd,a powerful song of the earthwas what sang more strongly

That's not dead,they haven't killed itnot with distance,nor with the vile soldier

It followed me all the way, like a shadow,the face of he that can't be seen anymore,and Death whispered in my earthat it would appear soon

There I felt hate, I felt shamebeggar children from the early morning,and the desire of changing each stringfor a bullet pack

That's not dead,they haven't killed itnot with distance,nor with the vile soldier

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