Los Machetes

Mercedes Sosa
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Los machetes se van

The machetes go

Por el cielo de las calles

Through the sky of the streets

A quebrarles la ansiedad

To break their anxiety

Por el cielo de las calles

Through the sky of the streets

A quebrarles la ansiedad

To break their anxiety


Los machetes vendrán

The machetes will come

Por la noche de los hombres

Through the night of men

Machacando su compás

Pounding out their beat

Por la noche de los hombres

Through the night of men

Machacando su compás

Pounding out their beat


Qué canción tendrá la azúcar

What song will have the sugar

Qué querrá el cañaveral

What will the sugarcane want

Que la furia del machete

That the fury of the machete

En el hombre se hace sal

In the man turns into salt


Con un filo de luz

With a sharpness of light

Por el rayo de los surcos

Through the lightning of the furrows

La tormenta del jornal

The storm of the day's toil

Por el rayo de los surcos

Through the lightning of the furrows

La tormenta del jornal

The storm of the day's toil


El machete es mitad

The machete is half

De este brazo de verdugo

Of this executioner's arm

Con que corto sin parar

With which I cut nonstop

De este brazo de verdugo

Of this executioner's arm

Con que corto sin parar

With which I cut nonstop


Los machetes vendrán

The machetes will come

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San Salvador, El Salvador November 3, 2024
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