Los Hermanos

Jul 16, 2009 11:52

I heard the song Los Hermanos by Mercedes Sosa today and struck me as so beautiful that I had to stop what I was doing, find the Spanish lyrics and (roughly) translate them into English:

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The Brothers

I have so many brothers
That I cannot count
In the valley, the mountain,
In the pampa and by the sea
Each one with his work
With their dreams each one
With hope in front
With memories behind
I have so many brothers
That I can not count

People of the hot hand
Because of friendship
With a cry for crying it
With a prayer for praying
With an open horizon
That is always further away
And the power to find it
With tenacity and willpower

When it seems nearer
Is when it moves away
I have so many brothers
That I cannot count
And like this I continue on
Hardened from solitude
We lose ourselves in the world
We continue finding ourselves

And like this we recognize ourselves
By the far-off look
By the verses that bite us
Seeds of immensity
I have so many brothers
That I cannot count

And like this I continue on
Hardened from solitude
And in us, our dead
So that nobody remains behind

I have so many brothers
That I cannot count
And a very beautiful sister
Who is called freedom


Los Hermanos

Yo tengo tantos hermanos
Que no los puedo contar
En el valle, la montaña,
En la pampa y en el mar
Cada cual con sus trabajos
Con sus sueños cada cual
Con la esperanza delante,
Con los recuerdos detras
Yo tengo tantos hermanos
Que no los puedo contar

Gente de mano caliente
Por eso de la amistad
Con un lloro pa’ llorarlo
Con un rezo pa’ rezar
Con un horizonte abierto
Que siempre esta mas alla
Y esa fuerza pa’ buscarlo
Con tezon y voluntad.

Cuando parece mas cerca
Es cuando se aleja mas
Yo tengo tantos hermanos
Que no los puedo contar.
Y asi seguimos andando
Curtidos de soledad
Nos perdemos por el mundo
Nos volvemos a encontrar.

Y asi nos reconocemos
Por el lejano mirar
Por las coplas que mordemos
Semillas de inmensidad.
Yo tengo tantos hermanos
Que no los puedo contar

Y asi seguimos andando
Curtidos de soledad
Y en nosotros nuestros muertos
Pa’ que nadie quede atras.

Yo tengo tantos hermanos
Que no los puedo contar
Y una hermana muy hermosa
Que se llama libertad
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