Lara Herscovitch: listen

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)

Que podria la buscarida
(what should she do, the woman looking for yet another job)
Es un arbol que se quema
Sus ramas para la leña
(she’s a tree who has to use her limbs for firewood)
Nada sencilla, ni debatida
(nothing’s simple, nor debated)

(chorus)
En un cielo estrellado
Hay un gran surtido
(in a starry sky there is a big choice [of what to wish on/for])
Mas sabe el diablo
Por viejo que por Diablo
(the devil knows more because he’s old than because he’s the devil)
Decisiones
(decisions)

Otra guerra para terminar las guerras
Lo culparon a los forasteros
(another war to end the wars; they blame it on the strangers)
No debe importar que collar usa
Una estrella, cruz o medialuna
(it shouldn’t matter what kind of necklace you wear: a star, cross or crescent)

(chorus)

Cada tres segundos
(every three seconds*)
Cuando desayunamos
(while we eat breakfast)
Si vendíste tu alma
Cómprala de vuelta
(if you sold your soul, buy it back)

(chorus)

…es por sus ojos, por nosotros, responsibilidad nuestro…
(it’s because of his eyes, because of us, it’s our responsibility)

*someone dies from extreme poverty