Las Hormiguitas

Daniel Viglietti
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Las hormiguitas blancas y azules

The white and blue little ants

Con su carguita cruzan la tierra,

With their small loads, cross the land,

Cruzan los mares, cruzan los cielos

They cross the seas, they cross the skies

Dejando atrás el temporal,

Leaving behind the storm,

La casa rota, el pie asesino,

The broken house, the killer foot,

La vida herida por ese mal,

Life wounded by that evil,

El temporal.

The storm.


Pero los sueños y los caminos

But dreams and paths

Las hormiguitas no dejarán;

The little ants will not abandon;

Los van cargando con la ilusión

They carry them with the illusion

De un circo en viaje hacia la función.

Of a circus on a journey to the show.

Si les preguntan dónde trabajan

If they are asked where they work,

Contestan siempre "en la construcción",

They always answer "in construction,"

La construcción.

Construction.


Las hormiguitas carpintereando,

The little ants carpentiering,

Albañileando, pintarrajeando,

Building, painting,

Imaginando, desolvidando,

Imagining, forgetting,

Enamorando y hasta cantando

Falling in love and even singing,

Van caminando y acumulando

They walk and accumulate

Verde energía, mucha esperanza,

Green energy, lots of hope,

Mucha esperanza.

Plenty of hope.


Siguen andando sobre la tierra,

They keep walking on the land,

Sobre los cielos, sobre los mares,

In the skies, over the seas,

Multiplicando hojas y flores,

Multiplying leaves and flowers,

Acumulando verde energía,

Accumulating green energy,

Mucha esperanza, mucho buen día,

Lots of hope, a very good day,

Para su viaje que es circular,

For their journey that is circular,

Es circular, va a terminarse

It's circular, it will end

Para empezar.

To begin.


Las hormiguitas son muy tenaces,

The little ants are very tenacious,

Las cicatrices van a cerrar,

The scars will close,

Con sus hojitas de yerba mate

With their little yerba mate leaves,

Las hormiguitas se sanarán.

The little ants will heal.

Pocos comprenden su largo viaje,

Few understand their long journey,

¿por qué salieron si han de volver?

Why did they leave if they have to return?

Han de volver.

They have to return.


Todas chuequitas las hormiguitas,

All crooked, the little ants,

Son solidarias como un panal.

Are as supportive as a beehive.

Todas chuequitas las hormiguitas,

All crooked, the little ants,

Son solidarias como un panal,

Are as supportive as a beehive,

Pero si encuentran el pie asesino,

But if they find the killer foot,

Pica que pica, lo atacarán.

It stings and stings, they will attack.

¡lo atacarán!

They will attack!


Las hormiguitas que yo les canto

The little ants that I sing to you about

Son tan chiquitas que ni se ven,

Are so tiny that they are not seen,

Pero los sueños que van cargando

But the dreams they carry

Tienen la altura que tiene el bien,

Have the height of goodness,

El bien de toda naturaleza

The goodness of all nature

Que en esta tierra pide un lugar.

That in this land demands a place.


Las hormiguitas nunca se pierden

The little ants never get lost

Porque su viaje es circular,

Because their journey is circular,

Es tan redondo como los ojos

It's as round as the eyes

De un ser humano al despertar,

Of a human waking up,

Es tan redondo como el planeta

It's as round as the planet

Que vamos juntos a liberar.

That we are going to liberate together.

¡a liberar!

To liberate!

Moderated by Juan Hernandez
San Salvador, El Salvador February 15, 2025
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