Amargura
Mercedes Sosa
Bitterness
Why do I live?
Why not die?
To live in suffering,
I want death.
They tell of that day
when I arrived in the world
my mother sighed,
left me and went away.
My song is sorrow,
my verses, pain,
my voice is a lament,
punishment from God.
Bitterness fills
my soul
and there's no joyful day,
nor good night.
The night is clear,
just like the day.
I saw before, like never before,
the three Marys.
Star of the sky:
why do you look at me?
Tell me what causes you sorrow
seeing me cry.
For disappointments,
no one is like me.
Harder than stone
I have a heart.
Bitterness fills
my soul
and there's no joyful day,
nor good night.
