Mercedes Sosa — Honrar La Vida song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Honrar La Vida" by Mercedes Sosa.
Lyrics
Permanecer y transcurrir
No es perdurar, no es existir
Ni honrar la vida
Hay tantas maneras de no ser
Tanta conciencia sin saber
Adormecida.
Merecer la vida no es callar ni consentir
Tantas injusticias repetidas
Es una virtud, es dignidad
Y es la actitud de identidad
Mas definida.
Eso de durar y transcurrir
No nos da derecho a presumir
Por que 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
Más allá del mal, de las caídas
Es igual que darle a la verdad
Y a nuestra propia libertad
La bienvenida.
Lyrics translation
Stay and pass
It is not to endure, it is not to exist
Nor honor life
There are so many ways not to be
So much consciousness without knowing
Numb.
To deserve life is not to be silent or to consent
So many repeated injustices
It's a virtue, it's dignity
And it's the attitude of identity
But definite.
The thing of lasting and passing
It doesn't give us the right to brag
Because it's not the same as living
Honor life.
Do not stay and pass
He doesn't always want to suggest
Honoring life
There's so much little vanity
In our Foolish humanity
Blinded
To deserve life is to stand upright
Beyond evil, beyond the falls
It's the same as giving the truth
And our own freedom
Welcome.