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Originally Posted by beppe
Lyrics (Spanish and English)
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VASIJA DE BARRO
Ecuador. Used for June Watts' dance White Bird.
Yo quiero que a mi me entierren
Como a mis antepasados
En el vientro oscuro y fresco
De una vasija de barro
Quando la vida se perda
Tras una cortina de años
Viviran a todo el tiempo
Amores y desengaños
Arcilla cocida y dura,
alma de verdes collados,
luz y sangre de mis hombres,
sol de mis antepasados.
De ti nací y a ti vuelvo,
arcilla, vaso de barro,
con mis muertos yazgo en ti,
en tu polvo enamorado.
I want them to bury me
Like my ancestors
In the dark and cool belly
Of an earthenware pot.
When life loses itself
Behind a curtain of years
Loves and disenchantments
Will live forever.
Clay fired and hard,
soul of green meadows,
light and blood of my men,
sun of my ancestry.
From you I came and to you I return,
clay, earthen vessel,
with my dead I lay in you,
on your lovely dust.
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Beautiful song! Exquisite lyrics.
Thank you for posting the song and for the english translation, Beppe.
A real treat!
