Ya no somos nosotros

Patricio Manns

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Original	Traduzione inglese da Cancioneros.com
YA NO SOMOS NOSOTROS	WE ARE NO LONGER OURSELVES

Aquí donde usted nos ve	Here as you see us
como dueños de la tierra	like the owners of the land
pa’ no morirnos de pobres	as not to die of hunger,
pasamos la vida en guerra.	we spend our lives at war.

Somos pobres, somos ricos,	Are we poor, are we rich?
nadie sabe lo que somos.	Nobody knows what we are.
Con las penas de mi pago	With the sorrows of my people
florecieron los aromos.	the myhrr trees bloomed.

¡Qué caray! apenas gritan	What the hell, the minute I say
que hay metal en el potrero,	that there’s metal in the field
viene el gringo desde el norte,	the gringo from the north comes,
¡lo saca y deja el a’ujero!	takes it and leaves a hole.

¡Qué caray! apenas grito	What the hell, the minute I say
que me siento libertario,	that I feel like being free,
me cambian la vestimenta	they exchange my clothing
por una de presidiario.	for that of a prisoner.

La tierra tuvo a mi abuelo,	The land begat my grandfather,
tuvo a mi padre y mi madre	begat my mother and father.
y al hijo que nació d’ellos	Even a dog wouldn’t bark
no hay ni perro que le ladre.	at the son born to them.

Yo defiendo mi derecho	I defend my right
que no es el derecho de otro,	which is not the right of others
¡pero qué caray! ’toy viendo	but damn, now I see
que ya no somos nosotros.	that we are no longer ourselves.

Ya no somos de este valle,	We are no longer from this valley,
ya no somos de este monte	we are no longer from this mountain,
y todo lo que uno labra	and everything we till
se va, usted sabe pa’ dónde.	goes you know where.

Chacarera, chacarera,	Chacarera, chacarera,
chacarera de mi pago,	chacarera of my reward.
no me libro de esta plaga	I can’t get rid of this plague
ni por más fuerza que le hago.	no matter how hard I try.

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