"Thanks to life" / "Gracias a la vida"
Hello my people HIVE
The song that I present to you today has been considered, on repeated occasions, one of the most important in music in the Spanish language, it has also been described a deeply human and universal work whose purpose is to celebrate life. It is "Thans to life" and it was composed by the Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra Sandoval (1917 - 1967). Many believe that this song represents an epitaph that Violeta Parra herself wrote for herself, as a kind of farewell. Some say that it is a hymn to human existence and its many nuances. And, others believe that, in reality, it is a sad longing for life, as if the author herself, already in life, had ceased to exist, since she ended her life by committing suicide. This song shows the repeated use of the rhetorical figure of literary construction known as Anaphora, which is nothing more than the repetition of one or more words at the beginning of a series of verses or sentences. In this first part I leave you the Original Version sung by the author herself.
La canci贸n que hoy les presento, ha sido considerada, en reiteradas oportunidades, una de las m谩s importantes de la m煤sica en idioma espa帽ol, tambi茅n ha sido calificada una obra profundamente humana y universal que tiene como prop贸sito celebrar la vida. Se trata de "Gracias a la vida" y fue compuesta por la cantautora chilena Violeta Parra Sandoval (1917 - 1967). Muchos creen que esta canci贸n representa un epitafio que la propia Violeta Parra escribiera para s铆, como una especie de despedida. Unos dicen que es un canto a la existencia humana y sus m煤ltiples matices. Y, otros creen que, en realidad, es una triste a帽oranza a la vida, como si la propia autora, ya en vida, hubiera dejado de existir, pues ella termin贸 suicid谩ndose. En esta canci贸n se evidencia el uso reiterado de la figura ret贸rica de construcci贸n literaria que se conoce como An谩fora, que no es mas que la repetici贸n de una o varias palabras al principio de una serie de versos u oraciones. En esta primera parte les dejo la Versi贸n Original cantada por la propia autora.
Thanks to life
it gave me two stars that when I open them
I perfectly distinguish black from white,
and in the high sky its starry background,
and in the crowds the woman that I love.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much,
has given me the ear that in all its width,
every night and day, crickets and canaries,
hammers, turbines, barking, showers
and the tender voice of my beloved.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much,
has given me the sound and the alphabet,
with him the words that I think and declare,
mother, friend, brother and light shining
the path of the soul of which I am loving.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much,
has given me the march of my tired feet.
With them I walked cities and puddles,
beaches and deserts, mountains and plains,
and your house, your street and your patio.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much,
gave me the heart that shakes its frame,
when I look at the fruit of the human brain,
when I look at the good so far from the bad,
When I look at the bottom of your clear eyes.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much,
It has made me laugh and it has made me cry.
So I distinguish happiness from brokenness,
the two materials that make up my song
and your song that is the same song,
and the song of all that is my own song.
Author: Violeta Parra Sandoval
For all the above, it is an immense pleasure for me to share with you, here in this LIVE HIVE MUSIC Community, this Acoustic Version, in the best style of our #musicavenezolana, this beautiful song whose profound message makes us love life; the most precious gift that God gives us. I just hope you enjoy it, because I did it, in a special way, with my #cuatrovenezolano in a kind of Zulian Dance.
Por todo lo anterior, es un inmenso placer para mi compartir con ustedes, aqu铆 en esta Comunidad LIVE HIVE MUSIC, esta Versi贸n Ac煤stica, al mejor estilo de nuestra #musicavenezolana, esta hermosa canci贸n cuyo mensaje profundo nos hace amar la vida; el don m谩s preciado que Dios nos da. Solo espero que la disfruten, pues la hice, de manera especial, con mi #cuatrovenezolano en una especie de Danza Zuliana.
Gracias a la vida
me dio dos luceros que cuando los abro
perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco,
y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado,
y en las multitudes la mujer que yo amo.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado el o铆do que en todo su ancho,
cada noche y d铆a, grillos y canarios,
martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos
y la voz tan tierna de la mujer que yo amo.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario,
con 茅l las palabras que pienso y declaro,
madre, amigo, hermano y luz alumbrando
la ruta del alma de la que estoy amando.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados.
Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,
playas y desiertos, monta帽as y llanos,
y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me dio el coraz贸n que agita su marco,
cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano,
cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo,
cuando miro el fondo de tus ojos claros.
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto,
me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto.
As铆 yo distingo dicha de quebranto,
los dos materiales que forman mi canto,
el canto de ustedes que es el mismo canto
y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto.
Autora: Violeta Parra Sandoval
I want to thank the HIVE Platform and, in the same way, the Live Hive Music Community for allowing me to share the exercise of the wonderful world of music and for all the support that you have given me, thank you very much to all of you. I hope this publication has been to your liking.
Quiero agradecer a la Plataforma HIVE y, del mismo modo, a la Comunidad Live Hive Music por permitirme compartir el ejercicio del maravilloso mundo de la m煤sica y por todo el apoyo que me han brindado; a todos ustedes muchas gracias. Espero que esta publicaci贸n haya sido del agrado de ustedes.
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