Choral chant for Tupac Amaru, What is freedom

They will blow him with dynamite.
As one mass, they will carry him, they will drag him.
As they beat him, will fill his mouth with gunpowder.
They will blow him up:
And they won't be able to kill him!

They will place him upside down.
Will take away his desires, his teeth and his cries.
They will kick him with all fury.
Then, they will have him bleeding:
And they will not be able to kill him!

They will crown his head with blood,
his cheekbones, with beatings. And his ribs with nails.
They will make him bite the ground.
They will beat him:
And they won't be able to kill him!

They will pull out his dreams and eyes.
They will want to massacre him cry after cry.
They will spit on him. Attempting to murder him,
They will crucify him.
And they won't be able to kill him!

They will bring him to the centre of the square,
his face up looking to the infinity.
They will tight his arms and legs up.
they will pull them apart:
And they will not be able to kill him!

They will want to blow him apart and they won't be able to blow him apart.
They will want to tear him up and they they won't be able to tear him up.
They will want to kill him and they won't be able to kill him.

They will want to dismember him, crush him,
stain him, step on him, take his soul away.

They will want to blow him apart and they won't be able to blow him apart.
They will want to tear him up and they they won't be able to tear him up.
They will want to kill him and they won't be able to kill him.

At the third day of his suffering,
when everything is believed to be consummated,
shouting: Freedom! At the ground,
he shall come back:
And they won't be able to kill him!

Carry: Cargar
Drag: Arrastrar
Gunpowder: Pólvora
Place him upside down: Colocarlo boca abajo
Take away: Quitar, llevarse
Cries: Gritos
Crown: Coronar
Cheekbones: Pómulos
Pull out: Retirar
Spit: Escupir
Attempting: Intentando (To attempt= Intentar)
Dismember: Desmembrar
Crush: Aplastar
Stain: Manchar
Tear up: Romper, hacer pedazos

Was mistaken the pigeon

Was mistaken the pigeon
She was mistaken

Because of going to the north, went to the south
She thought the wheat was water.
She was mistaken.

She thought the sea was the sky
that the night was the morning
She was mistaken.

That the stars were dew;
that the heat, the snowfall.
She was mistaken.

That your skirt was your shirt;
that your heart your home.
She was mistaken.

(She slept in the shore.
You, in the top of a branch.)


Vocabulary:
Wheat: Trigo
Dew: Rocío
Snowfall: Nevada
Shore: Orilla (de un mar, lago) / Costa, ribera
Branch: Rama