if he has achieved so much, do you want to be any less?
Andrea Parodi.mpg "grazie alla vita" Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me two stars that when I open them
I perfectly distinguish black from white,
and in the high sky its starry background,
and among the multitudes, the man I love.
Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me the listening that in all its openness
captures night and day crickets and canaries,
hammers, whirlwind barks, tempests
and the tender voice of the one I am loving.
Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me sound and the alphabet
with it the words I think and say,
mother, friend, brother illuminating light,
the road of the soul of the one I am loving.
Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me the march of my tired feet,
with them I went through cities and puddles,
beaches and deserts, mountains and plains
and your home, your street, the yard.
Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me the heart that stirs its boundaries
when I look at the fruit of the human brain,
when I look at good so far from evil,
when I look into the depths of your clear eyes.
Thanks to life that has given me so much,
it has given me laughter and it has given me tears,
so I distinguish joy and pain
the two materials that form my song
and the song of others that is the same song
and the song of all that is my own song.
Thanks to life that has given me so much. (Violeta Parra)
