Maldigo del Alto Cielo Lyrics in English Violeta Parra
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Maldigo del Alto Cielo by Violeta Parra from Spanish to English.
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Maldigo del alto cielo
Cursed from high heaven
La estrella con su reflejo
The star with its reflection
Maldigo los azulejos
I curse the tiles
Destellos del arroyuelo
rill flashes
Maldigo del bajo suelo
Curse of the Underground
La piedra con su contorno
The stone with its outline
Maldigo el fuego del horno
I curse the oven fire
Porque mi alma está de luto
because my soul is in mourning
Maldigo los estatutos
I curse the statutes
Del tiempo con sus bochornos
Of time with its hot flashes
Cuánto será mi dolor
how much will be my pain
Maldigo la cordillera
I curse the mountain range
De los Andes y de la costa
From the Andes and the coast
Maldigo toda la angosta
I curse all the narrow
Y larga faja de tierra
And a long strip of land
También la paz y la guerra
Also peace and war
Lo franco y lo veleidoso
The frank and the fickle
Maldigo lo perfumoso
I curse the perfumed
Porque mi anhelo está muerto
Cause my longing is dead
Maldigo todo lo cierto
I curse everything true
Y lo falso con lo dudoso
And the false with the doubtful
Cuánto será mi dolor
how much will be my pain
Maldigo la primavera
I curse the spring
Con sus jardines en flor
With its blooming gardens
Y del otoño el color
And of autumn the color
Yo lo maldigo de veras
I really curse him
A la nube pasajera
to the passing cloud
La maldigo tanto y tanto
I curse her so much and so much
Porque padezco un quebranto
because I suffer a breakdown
Maldigo el invierno entero
I curse the entire winter
Con el verano sincero
with the sincere summer
Maldigo profano y santo
I curse profane and holy
Grande será mi dolor
great will be my pain
Maldigo a la solitaria
I curse the lonely
Figura de la bandera
flag figure
Maldigo cualquier emblema
I curse any emblem
La venus y la araucaria
Venus and the araucaria
El trino de la canaria
The trill of the canary
El cosmos con sus planetas
The cosmos with its planets
La tierra y todas sus grietas
The earth and all its cracks
Porque me aqueja un pesar
because a sorrow afflicts me
Maldigo del ancho mar
curse of the wide sea
Sus puertos y sus caletas
Its ports and coves
Grande será mi dolor
great will be my pain
Maldigo luna y paisaje
curse moon and landscape
Los pueblos y los desiertos
The villages and the deserts
Maldigo muerto por muerto
I curse dead for dead
Y al vivo de rey a paje
And live from king to page
Las aves con su plumaje
The birds with their plumage
Las maldigo a sangre fría
I curse them in cold blood
Las aulas, las sacristías
The classrooms, the sacristies
Porque me aqueja un dolor
because a pain afflicts me
Maldigo el vocablo amor
I curse the word love
Con toda su brujería
with all their witchcraft
Cuánto será mi dolor
how much will be my pain
Maldigo por fin lo blanco
I finally curse the white
Lo negro con lo amarillo
black with yellow
Obispos y monaguillos
Bishops and altar boys
Ministros y predicandos
Ministers and preachers
Yo los maldigo cantando
I curse them singing
Lo libre y lo prisionero
The free and the prisoner
Lo dulce y lo pendenciero
The sweet and the quarrelsome
Yo pongo mi maldición
I put my curse
En griego y en español
In Greek and Spanish
Por culpa de un traicionero
because of a treacherous
Cuánto será mi dolor
how much will be my pain
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