Canción Para Un Niño En La Calle

At this exact hour there is a child on the street
There is a child on the street!

It is an honor for men to protect what grows
To ensure there is no scattered childhood on the streets
To prevent his heart, like a ship, from sinking
His incredible adventure of bread and chocolate
Putting a star in the place of hunger
Otherwise it's useless, otherwise it's absurd
To rehearse sadness, in the joy of singing
Because it's all worthless if there is a child on the street

The world should not walk with barefoot love
Waving a newspaper, like a wing in hand
Climbing onto trains, exchanging our laughter
Beating our chests with a tired wing

Life should not walk, newly born, at a price
Risked childhood is a narrow gain
Because then the hands are useless burdens
And the heart, barely, a bad word

Woe to those who have forgotten that there is a child on the street
That there are millions of children living on the street
And a multitude of children growing up on the street
I see them clutching their small hearts
Looking at all of us with fables in their eyes
A truncated lightning crosses their gaze
Because no one protects that growing life
And love is lost like a child on the street

At this exact hour, there is a child on the street
There is a child on the street