Me Gritaron Negra! - VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ, Daniel Haaksman

Tenía siete años apenas

Apenas siete años

Qué siete años?

No llegaba a cinco siquiera!

De pronto unas voces en la calle

Me gritaron negra!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra!

¿Soy acaso negra?

Me dije (Sí!)

¿Qué cosa es ser negra?

(Negra!)

Y yo no sabía la triste verdad

Que aquello escondía (Negra!)

Y me sentí negra (Negra!)

Como ellos decían (Negra!)

Y retrocedí (Negra!)

Como ellos querían (Negra!)

Y odié mis cabellos y mis labios gruesos

Y miré apenada mi carne tostada

Y retrocedí (Negra!)

Y retrocedí

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Y pasaba el tiempo

Y siempre amargada

Seguía llevando a mi espalda

Mi pesada carga

Y como pesaba!

Me alacié el cabello

Me polvee la cara

Y entre mis entrañas

Siempre resonaba la misma palabra

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra!

Hasta que un día que retrocedía y retrocedía

Y que iba a caer!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra, negra, negra!

Negra, negra!

Y ¿qué?

Y ¿qué?

(Negra!)

Sí!

(Negra!)

Soy!

(Negra!)

Negra (Negra!)

Negra soy (Negra!)

Sí!

(Negra!)

Soy!

(Negra!)

Negra (Negra!)

Negra soy

De hoy en adelante no quiero

Alaciar mi cabello (No quiero!)

Y voy a reírme de aquellos

Que por evitar, según ellos

Que por evitarnos algún sin sabor

Llaman a los negros gente de color

¿Y de qué color?

(Negro!)

Y que lindo suelo (Negro!)

¿Y qué ritmo tiene?

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro!

Al fin, al fin comprendí (Al fin!)

Ya no retrocedo (Al fin!)

Y avanzo segura (Al fin!)

Avanzo y espero!

(Al fin!)

Y bendigo el cielo

Por que quiso Dios

Que negro azabache fuese mi color

Y ya comprendí (Al fin!)

Ya tengo la llave

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negro

Negro, negro, negro, negra soy!

I was just seven years old

just seven years

What seven years?

She didn't even reach five!

Suddenly some voices in the street

They called me black!

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black!

Am I black?

I told myself (Yes!)

What is it to be black?

(Black!)

And I didn't know the sad truth

That that hid (Black!)

And I felt black (Black!)

As they said (Black!)

And I stepped back (Black!)

As they wanted (Black!)

And I hated my hair and my thick lips

And I looked sadly at my roasted meat

And I stepped back (Black!)

and i backtracked

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black!

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black, black!

and time passed

and always bitter

I kept carrying my back

my heavy load

And how heavy!

I straightened my hair

I powdered my face

and between my entrails

The same word always resonated

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black!

Until one day I went back and back

And what was going to fall!

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black!

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black, black!

Black, black, black, black!

Black, black!

And?

And?

(Black!)

Yes!

(Black!)

Am!

(Black!)

Black (Black!)

I am black (Black!)

Yes!

(Black!)

Am!

(Black!)

Black (Black!)

I am black

From now on I don't want

Straighten my hair (I don't want to!)

And I will laugh at those

What to avoid, according to them

That to avoid us some tasteless

They call blacks people of color

And what color?

(Black!)

And what a nice floor (Black!)

And what rhythm does it have?

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black!

Finally, finally I understood (Finally!)

I no longer go back (Finally!)

And I advance safely (Finally!)

I advance and wait!

(Finally!)

And I bless the sky

Why did God want

That jet black was my color

And I already understood (Finally!)

I already have the key

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black

Black, black, black, black I am!