Gracias a la vida [English translation]

Thank you life, for giving me so much

You gave me starry eyes, and when I open them,

I can perfectly distinguish black from white

And I can see the other stars in the great dark sky

And in the multitudes [I can see] the man I love

Thank you life, for giving me so much

you gave me hearing so that its breadth

hears night and day, crickets and canaries,

Hammers, engines, barking, rain,

And the tender voice of my beloved

Thank you life, for giving me so much

you gave me sound and the alphabet;

And the words I think and proclaim:

Mother, friend, brother, and the shining light

showing me the way to my lover's soul

Thank you life, for giving me so much

you gave me my tired feet to walk;

With them I walked cities and puddles,

Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains,

And your house, your street and your courtyard.

Thank you life, for giving me so much

You gave me the heart that beats in my chest

When I look at the fruit of the human brain,

When I look at good apart from evil,

When I look into the depths of your clear eyes

Thank you life, for giving me so much

You gave me laughter and you gave me tears

So I can distinguish bliss from misery,

Two of the elements that make up my song,

And your song, which is the same as mine

And the song of all of you, which is [also] the same as mine

Thank you life, for giving me so much

• Artist:Violeta Parra