Como La Cigarra

So many times they killed me
So many times I died
Yet here I am
Resurrecting
I give thanks to misfortune
And to the backstabbing hand
Because it killed me so badly
And I kept on singing

Singing to the sun
Like the cicada
After a year
Under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from war

So many times they erased me
So many times I disappeared
I went to my own burial
Alone and crying
I tied a knot in my handkerchief
But then I forgot
That it wasn't the only time
And I kept on singing

Singing to the sun
Like a cicada
After a year
Under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from war

So many times they killed me
So many times you will resurrect
How many nights will you spend
Despairing
And at the hour of shipwreck
And in the darkness
Someone will rescue you
To keep on singing

Singing to the sun
Like a cicada
After a year
Under the ground
Just like a survivor
Returning from war