Ave Asesinada
Angelo Escobar
Slain Bird
One day and by pure chance
Purity turned into slaughter
It pierced my soul
I saw tender and untamed blood flow
Life of a turtledove
In the hands of a clumsy being
Its fragile little neck hung defeated
And its song descended with the bullet
The absurd thief laughed at that celestial course
That it drew on its wings
It served as food
Slain bird
It was just a passing fatal vision
But like sharp metal
It dismembered the light from my face
Trembling hands in furious net
Suffered to kill
That the human being forgets
Its fragile little neck hung defeated
And its song descended with the bullet
The absurd thief laughed at that celestial course
That it drew on its wings
It served as food
Slain bird
I understood thanks to an imposing light
That thundered like a musket
That hatred tends to rot us
Avenging wings of good will fly
Over those who bear on their forehead
A thousand unjust victories
Its fragile little neck hung defeated
And its song descended with the bullet
The absurd thief laughed at that celestial course
That it drew on its wings
It served as food
Slain bird
But its feathers like knives will return
Sky to that voice that will roar old as trees
A thousand will come flying
For each one a rifle
A thousand will come flying
For each one a rifle
