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Violeta Parra
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English translation 2 / Traduzione inglese 2 / Traduction anglaise...
To be Seventeen AgainTo be seventeen again
  
To be seventeen againTo be seventeen again
When you have lived a centuryAfter living for a hundred years,
Is like deciphering signsIt's like uncovering truths
Without being a wise manWithout having to be wise.
To be suddenlyTo return all of a sudden
As fragile as a secondTo being as fragile as a moment,
To feel as profoundlyTo once again feel things deeply
As a child in front of GodLike a child before God,
This is what I feelThat is what I feel
In this rich momentIn this fertile moment.
  
My feelings are tangled
It coils round and round
Like ivy on a wallLike the ivy up the wall,
And they spreadAnd it grows and grows
Like moss growing on a rockLike the moss on a stone,
Like moss on a rockLike the moss on a stone, oh yes, yes, yes.
My steps go backMy steps take me back
As yours move forwardWhile yours advance,
The rainbow of our allianceThe Ark of the Covenant
Has penetrated my nestHas flooded my nest.
With all its colorsWith all of its coloring
It has passed through my veinsIt has strolled through my veins,
And even the strong chainAnd even the heavy chains
With which destiny has tied usThat destiny binds us with.
Is like a diamondIt's like a fine diamond
That illuminates my serene soulIlluminating my serene soul.
  
My feelings are tangled
It coils round and round
Like ivy on a wallLike the ivy up the wall,
And they spreadAnd it grows and grows
Like moss growing on a rockLike the moss on a stone,
Like moss on a rockLike the moss on a stone, oh yes, yes, yes.
What emotions can do,What feeling can do
Knowledge cannot.Knowledge hasn't know how,
Nor can the clearest actions,Nor the clearest procedure
Nor the broadest thoughtsNor the deepest thoughts.
Everything changes the momentEverything is changed by a moment,
The gracious magicianThat acquiescent magician,
Removes us gentlySoftly distances us
From animosity and violenceFrom resentment and violence.
Only love, with its knowledge,Only love and its science
Returns us to our innocenceCan make us so innocent.
  
My feelings are tangled
It coils round and round
Like ivy on a wallLike the ivy up the wall,
And they spreadAnd it grows and grows
Like moss growing on a rockLike the moss on a stone,
Like moss on a rockLike the moss on a stone, oh yes, yes, yes.
Love is like a whirlwindLove is a whirlwind
Of original purityMade of original pureness,
Even to the wild animalEven the fierce animal
It murmurs its sweet trillWill whisper it sweet song.
It gives the wanderers rest,It can halt the pilgrims,
Frees the prisonersIt frees prisoners,
Love, with its care,Love and its care
Turns the old man into a childWill turn the old man into a boy.
And only with loveAnd for the sinner only affection
Do the evil return to goodness and honesty.Can make him pure and sincere.
  
My feelings are tangled
It coils round and round
Like ivy on a wallLike the ivy up the wall,
And they spreadAnd it grows and grows
Like moss growing on a rockLike the moss on a stone,
Like moss on a rockLike the moss on a stone, oh yes, yes, yes.
As if by enchantmentThe window is wide open,
The window flew wide openIt opened as if by magic,
In came love with its cloak,Love entered with his blanket
Like a warm morningLike a warm morning,
And the sound of beautiful Diana [*]With the sound of its beautiful reveille
Made the jasmine bloomIt made the jasmine bloom,
A flying SeraphimThat seraphim angel flew
Placed jewels in the sky for meAnd placed rings in the sky.
And the Cherubim changedAnd I turned seventeen
My years to seventeenConverted by the cherubim.
  
My feelings are tangled
It coils round and round
Like ivy on a wallLike the ivy up the wall,
And they spreadAnd it grows and grows
Like moss growing on a rockLike the moss on a stone,
Like moss on a rockLike the moss on a stone, oh yes, yes, yes.
[*] The Moon goddess.


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