Fábula de Los Tres Hermanos
Silvio Rodriguez
Tale of the Three Brothers
Of three brothers, the eldest one left
Along the path to discover and to found
And to never make a mistake or err
He walked awake and attentive to what he was going to step on
Walking in this position for so long
His neck never straightened again
And he became a slave to caution
And grew old, wanting to go far, with his short vision
An eye that doesn't look beyond, the foot doesn't help
Listen to this and tell me, tell me what you think
Of three brothers, the middle one left
Along the path to discover and to found
And to never make a mistake or err
He walked awake and attentive to the horizon as well
But this clever boy couldn't see
The stone, the hole that defeated his foot
And he always ended up rolling
And grew old, wanting to go far, where he didn't reach
An eye that doesn't look more here either
Listen to this and tell me, tell me what you think
Of three brothers, the youngest one departed
Along the path to discover and to found
And to never make a mistake or err
One pupil looked up and the other at the walk
And he walked, inside the path, the most
Eye on the road and eye on what's to come
And when the time came to summarize
His gaze was already lost between being and going
Eyes on everything, he doesn't even know what he sees
Listen to this and tell me, tell me what you think