My Personal Revenge

<br>(english translation by jorge calderon)<br><br><br><br>My personal revenge will be the right<br><br>Of our children in the schools and in the gardens<br><br>My personal revenge will be to give you<br><br>This song which has flourished without panic<br><br>My personal revenge will be to show you<br><br>The kindness in the eyes of my people<br><br>Who have always fought relentlessly in battle<br><br>And been generous and firm in victory<br><br><br><br>My personal revenge will be to tell you good morning<br><br>On a street without beggars or homeless<br><br>When instead of jailing you I suggest<br><br>You shake away the sadness there that blinds you<br><br>And when you who have applied your hands in torture<br><br>Are unable to look up at what surrounds you<br><br>My personal revenge will be to give you<br><br>These hands that once you so mistreated<br><br>But have failed to take away their tenderness<br><br><br><br>It was the people who hated you the most<br><br>When rage became the language of their song<br><br>And underneath the skin of this town today<br><br>Its heart has been scarred forevermore<br><br><br><br>It was the people who hated you the most<br><br>When rage became the language of their song<br><br>And underneath the skin of this town today<br><br>Its heart has been scarred forevermore<br><br>And underneath the skin of this town today<br><br>Red and black, its hearts been scarred<br><br>Forevermore