Honrar la Vida - Mercedes Sosa

¡No!, permanecer y transcurrir

no es perdurar, no es existir, ni honrar la vida.

Hay tantas manera de no ser

tanta conciencia sin saber, adormecida.

Merecer la vida no es callar ni consentir tantas injusticias repetidas;

una virtud es dignidad y es la actitud de identidad mas definida,

eso de durar y transcurrir no nos da derecho a presumir

porque no es lo mismo que vivir,¡Honrar la vida!

¡No!, permanecer y transcurrir

no siempre quiere sugerir honrar la vida.

Hay tanta pequeña vanidad

en nuestra tonta humanidad enceguecida.

Merecer la vida es erguirse vertical mas allá del mar de las caídas;

es igual que darle a la verdad y a nuestra propia libertad la bienvenida,

eso de durar y transcurrir no nos da derecho a presumir

porque no es lo mismo que vivir, ¡Honrar la vida!

No! Stay and pass

It is not to endure, it is not to exist, nor is it to honor life.

There are so many ways not to be

so much consciousness without knowing, numb.

To deserve life is not to remain silent or consent to so many repeated injustices;

a virtue is dignity and it is the most defined attitude of identity,

that of lasting and passing does not give us the right to boast

because it is not the same as living, honoring life!

No! Stay and pass

does not always mean to suggest honoring life.

There is so much little vanity

in our foolish blinded humanity.

To deserve life is to stand upright beyond the sea of ​​falls;

is the same as welcoming the truth and our own freedom,

that of lasting and passing does not give us the right to boast

because it is not the same as living, honoring life!