Cinco siglos igual [English translation]

Loneliness over ruins, blood on the wheat

red and yellow, poison spring

shields, wounds, five centuries the same

Freedom without speed, broken flags

arrogance and lies, gold and silver medals

against hope, five centuries the same

In this part of the earth, history fell

the way the stones fall, even the ones that touch the sky

or are close to the sun, or are close to the sun

Dislike, disagreement, forgive and forget

body with minerals, working people,

poor childhoods, five centuries the same

Loyalty over tombs, sacred stones

God hadn't enough for crying, long dream of evil

children of nobody, five centuries the same

Death against life, glory of a people

disappeared, it's the start, it's the end

lost legend, five centuries the same

In this part of the earth, history fell

the way the stones fall, even the ones that touch the sky

or are close to the sun, or are close to the sun

It's storm with flowers, revolutions

and though many aren't here, nobody ever thought

of kissing your feet, five centuries the same

• Artist:León Gieco
• Album:Mensajes del Alma (1992)