Progreso

Roberto Carlos
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Yo quisiera poder aplacar

I wish I could calm down

Una fiera terrible

A terrible beast


Yo quisiera poder transformar

I wish I could transform

Tanta cosa imposible

So many impossible things


Yo quisiera decir tantas cosas

I wish I could say so many things

Que pudieran hacerme sentir bien conmigo

That could make me feel good about myself


Yo quisiera poder abrazar mi

I wish I could embrace my

Mayor enemigo

Greatest enemy


Yo quisiera no ver tantas nubes obscuras arriba

I wish I didn't see so many dark clouds above

Navegar sin hayar tantas manchas de aceite en los mares

Sailing without finding so many oil stains in the seas


Y ballenas desapareciendo

And disappearing whales

Por falta de escrúpulos

Due to lack of scruples

Comerciales

Commercial ones


Yo quisiera ser civilizado

I wish I could be civilized

Como los animales

Like the animals


La ra ra lalara lara larara parara

La ra ra lalara lara larara parara

Yo quisiera ser civilizado

I wish I could be civilized

Como los animales

Like the animals


Yo quisiera no ver tanto verde

I wish I didn't see so much green

En la tierra muriendo

Dying on the earth


Y en las aguas de ríos los peces desapareciendo

And in river waters, fishes disappearing


Yo quisiera gritar que ese tal

I wish I could shout that this so-called

Oro negro no es más que un negro veneno

Black gold is nothing but a black poison


Ya sabemos que por todo eso

We already know that because of all this

Vivimos ya menos

We're already living less


Yo no puedo aceptar ciertas cosas que ya no comprendo

I can't accept certain things anymore that I don't understand


El comercio de armas de guerra

The commerce of weapons of war

De muertes viviendo

Living off deaths


Yo quisiera hablar de alegría

I wish I could speak of joy

En vez de tristeza

Instead of sadness

Mas no soy capaz

But I'm not capable


Yo quisiera ser civilizado

I wish I could be civilized

Como los animales

Like the animals


La ra ra lalara lara larara

La ra ra lalara lara larara

Parara

Parara


Yo quisiera ser civilizado

I wish I could be civilized

Como los animales

Like the animals


La ra ra lalara lara larara

La ra ra lalara lara larara

Parara

Parara


Yo quisiera ser civilizado

I wish I could be civilized

Como los animales

Like the animals


Yo no estoy contra el progreso

I'm not against progress

Si existiera un buen consenso

If there was a good consensus


Errores no corrigen otros

Mistakes don't correct others

Eso es lo que pienso

That's what I think


Yo no estoy contra el progreso

I'm not against progress

Si existiera un buen consenso

If there was a good consensus


Errores no corrigen otros

Mistakes don't correct others

Eso es lo que pienso

That's what I think

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Managua, Nicaragua November 18, 2024
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