
Below is the lyrics of the song La Carta , artist - Violeta Parra with translation
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Violeta Parra
Me mandaron una carta
Por el correo temprano
En esa carta me dicen
Que cayó preso mi hermano
Y sin compasión, con grillos
Por la calle lo arrastraron, sí
La carta dice el motivo
De haber prendido a roberto
Haber apoyado el paro
Que ya se había resuelto
Si acaso esto es un motivo
Presa voy también, sargento, si
Yo que me encuentro tan lejos
Esperando una noticia
Me viene a decir la carta
Que en mi patria no hay justicia
Los hambrientos piden pan
Plomo les da la milicia, sí
De esta manera pomposa
Quieren conservar su asiento
Los de abanico y de frac
Sin tener merecimiento
Van y vienen de la iglesia
Y olvidan los mandamientos, sí
Habrase visto insolencia
Barbarie y alevosía
De presentar el trabuco
Y matar a sangre fría
A quien defensa no tiene
Con las dos manos vacías, si
La carta que he recibido
Me pide contestación
Yo pido que se propale
Por toda la población
Que el «león» es un sanguinario
En toda generación, sí
Por suerte tengo guitarra
Para llorar mi dolor
También tengo nueve hermanos
Fuera del que se engrilló
Los nueve son comunistas
Con el favor de mi dios, sí
they sent me a letter
by early mail
In that letter they tell me
That my brother fell prisoner
And without mercy, with shackles
Down the street they dragged him, yeah
The letter says the reason
of having caught roberto
Having supported the strike
That had already been resolved
If this is a reason
Dam I go too, sergeant, yes
I am so far away
waiting for a news
The letter comes to tell me
That in my country there is no justice
The hungry ask for bread
Lead gives them the militia, yes
in this pompous way
They want to keep their seat
Those of fan and tailcoat
having no merit
They come and go from the church
And they forget the commandments, yeah
You would have seen insolence
Barbarism and treachery
To present the blunderbuss
And kill in cold blood
To whom defense does not have
With both empty hands, yes
The letter that I have received
ask me for a reply
I ask that it spread
for the entire population
That the "lion" is a bloodthirsty
In every generation, yeah
Luckily I have a guitar
to cry my pain
I also have nine brothers
Out of which he shackled
all nine are communists
With the favor of my god, yes
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