Preguntitas sobre Dios [English translation]

One day I asked:

Grandpa, where's God?

My grandpa got sad

and said nothing to me

My grandpa died in the fields

no prayer or confession

He was buried by the natives

reed flutes and drums

Then I asked:

Dad, what do you know about God?

My dad got serious

and said nothing to me

My dad died in the mine

no doctor or protection

The boss's gold is the same

color as the miner's blood!

My brother lives by the hills

but has never seen any flowers

Sweat, mosquitoes, and snakes,

the life of a lumberjack

And nobody asks him

if he knows where God is.

Such an important gentleman

has never passed by his house

I sing for the roads,

and when I'm imprisoned

I hear the people's voices

that I sing better than myself

There's an issue on Earth

more important than God

It's that nobody bleeds so that

someone else can live better

Does God protect the poor?

Maybe, but maybe not.

But one thing is certain

He eats at the boss's table.

• Artist:Atahualpa Yupanqui