Causas y Azares
Silvio Rodriguez
Causes and Hazards
When Pedro went out to his window
He didn't know, my love, he didn't know
That the light of that clear morning
Was the light of his last day.
And the causes were closing in on him
Everyday, invisible.
And chance was entangling him
Powerful, invincible.
When Juan returned to his bed
He didn't know, oh beloved soul
That in the rainy and roofless night
The love of his life awaited him.
And the causes were closing in on him
Everyday, invisible.
And chance was entangling him
Powerful, invincible.
When this verse I sing ends
I don't know, I don't know, my mother
If peace or terror awaits me;
If the now or the still.
For the causes are closing in on me
Everyday, invisible.
And chance is entangling me
Powerful, invincible.
