Como La Cigarra

So many times they killed me
So many times I died
Yet here I am
Rising again

I give thanks to misfortune
And to the knife in hand
Because it killed me so badly
And I kept on singing

Singing to the Sun like the cicada
After a year underground
Just like a survivor
Coming back from war

So many times they erased me
So many times I disappeared
I went to my own funeral
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 the cicada
After a year underground
Just like a survivor
Coming back from war

So many times they killed you
So many times you'll rise again
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 the cicada
After a year underground
Just like a survivor
Coming back from war