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Posted By: GUEST,diplocase
03-Aug-23 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
TODO CAMBIA (EVERYTHING CHANGES)

Written by: JULIO NUMHAUSER of Chile
Made famous by Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa d. 2009

Julio Numhauser, a Chilean singer/song writer, left Chile in 1973 due to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In 1975 he moved to Sweden where he still is living today. There, in 1982, he composed this song dedicated to his country and the Chilean people.
TODO CAMBIA (Spanish)
© 1982 Julio Numhauser (1940 - )

Cambia, todo cambia (2x)

Cambia lo superficial
Cambia también lo profundo
Cambia el modo de pensar
Cambia todo en este mundo

Cambia el clima, con los años
Cambia el pastor su rebaño
Y así como todo cambia
Que yo cambie no es extraño
Cambia, todo cambia (2x)

Cambia el más fino brillante
De mano en mano, su brillo
Cambia el nido el pajarillo
Cambia el sentir un amante

Cambia el rumbo el caminante
Aunque esto le cause daño
Y así como todo cambia
Que yo cambie no es extraño
Cambia, todo cambia (2x)

Cambia el sol en su carrera
Cuando la noche subsiste
Cambia la planta y se viste
De verde en la primavera

Cambia el pelaje la fiera
Cambia el cabello el anciano
Y así como todo cambia
Que yo cambie no es extraño
Cambia, todo cambia (2x)

Pero no cambia mi amor
Por más lejos que me encuentre
Ni el recuerdo ni el dolor
De mi pueblo, y de mi gente

Y lo que cambió ayer,
Tendrá que cambiar mañana,
Así como cambio yo
En estas tierras lejanas
        Cambia, todo cambia (x2)

Pero no cambia mi amor
Por más lejos que me encuentre
Ni el recuerdo, ni el dolor
De mi pueblo, y de mi gente

Y lo que cambió ayer
Tendrá que cambiar mañana
Así como cambio yo
En estas tierras lejanas
        Cambia, todo cambia (x2)
IT CHANGES, EVERYTHING CHANGES
English translation by Casey (non-singable)

          It changes, everything changes (2x)

That which is superficial changes
Also that which is profound
One’s habit of thought changes
Everything in this world changes

The climate changes with the years
The shepherd alters his flock
and thus, since everything changes,
It’s not so strange that I should change
             It changes, everything changes…(2x)

The glitter of a fine diamond
Changes from one hand to the next
the little bird changes its nest
The feelings of a lover also change

The traveler changes course
Though it do him only harm
and thus, since everything changes,
It’s not so strange that I should change
          It changes, everything changes (2x)

The sun changes its course
so long as night persists
The plant changes, and decks itself
In green when spring is come

The wild things change their winter coat
the hair of an old person changes
and just as everything changes
It’s not so strange that I should change
          It changes, everything changes (2x)

But my love doesn't change
no matter how far away I find myself
neither the memory nor the pain
of my nation and of my people

Whatever changed yesterday
will have to change tomorrow
In just the same way, I change
Here in these far-away lands
       It changes, everything changes (2x)

But my love doesn't change
no matter how far away I find myself
neither the memory nor the pain
of my nation and of my people

What changed yesterday
will have to change tomorrow
In just the same way, I change
Here in these far-away lands
       It changes, everything changes (x2)
Live rendition by Mercedes Sosa
New version by Julio Numhauser and his son Maciel -2016 official video clip with English subtitles
Recording by Quilapayún (with pictures from the late 60's/early 70's and nowadays'. All changes indeed! -Monique)
Todo cambia YouTube page

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