The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8548   Message #1906669
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Dec-06 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: songs of Victor Jara (1932-1973)
Subject: RE: songs of Victor Jara
Thanks! Here it is spaced out - makes it easier to see where the words fall in the somg:

Fragile as a kite
over the roofs of Barrancas
little Luchin was playing,
his hand blue with cold,
with the rag ball,
the cat and the dog
and the horse looked on.

Green light was bathing
in the water of his eyes.
Bare-bummed and in the mud
his little life was crawling
with the rag ball,
the cat and the dog
and the horse looked on.

The horse was another toy
in that small space
and it seemed that the animal
understood his job,
with the rag ball
and the cat and the dog
and with Luchin wet through.

If there are children like Luchin
who are eating earth and worms,
let's open all the cages
so they can fly away like birds
with the rag ball,
the cat and the dog
and with the horse as well.