Preguntitas sobre Dios [English translation]

One day I asked:

Grandpa, where is God?

One day I asked:

Grandpa, where is God?

My grandpa got sad

and he didn’t say a word.

My grandpa died in the fields,

without a prayer nor confession.

And the Indians buried him,

just with reed flute and drum.

And the Indians buried him,

just with reed flute and drum.

Sometime later I asked:

Daddy, what do you know about God?

Sometime later I asked:

Daddy, what do you know about God?

My daddy got serious

and he didn’t say a word.

My father died in the mine

without a doctor nor protection.

The color of the miners blood

has the gold of the master!

The color of the miners blood

has the gold of the master!

My brother lives in the countryside

and he hasn’t seen a flower.

My brother lives in the mountains

and he hasn’t seen a flower.

Sweat, malaria and snakes

are the life of a woodcutter.

And as no one asks him

if he knows where is God:

Such an important man

didn’t passed by his house.

Such an important man

didn’t passed by his house.

I sing on the roads

and when I’m in prison,

I sing on the roads

and when I’m in prison

I hear the voices of the people

who sing better than I.

There’s a problem on the Earth,

more important than God,

there’s a problem on the Earth,

more important than God,

it’s that no one would spit blood

to make the other one live better,

it’s that no one would spit blood

to make the other one live better.

So what? Is God watching over the poor?

Maybe yes, but maybe not.

So what? Is God watching over the poor?

Maybe yes, but maybe not,

but it’s sure he eats dinner

at the master’s table,

but it’s sure he eats dinner

at the master’s table.

• Artist:Chavela Vargas