Song : Gracias a la vida ( Thanks to life ) Composer : VIOLETA PARRA ______________________________________ Discografía/Discography : http://discosvioleta.blogspot.com http://discosvioleta.blogspot.com/ http://discosvioleta.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________ Web Oficial : http://www.violetaparra.cl ---------------------------------------- ---- ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY ---------------------------------------- ---- Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 - February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist. She set the basis for "The New Song" (La Nueva Canción chilena), a renewal of Chilean folk music. Parra was born in San Carlos, province of Ñuble, a small town in southern Chile. She established the first Peña, (now known as la Peña de los Parra). A peña is a social and political community center. The word is Spanish for "hard rock." There are now many peñas throughout Chile, Latin America, and in North America, Europe, and Australia. Violeta Parra is a member of the prolific Parra family. Her brother is the notable modern poet, Nicanor Parra. Her son, Ángel Parra, and her daughter, Isabel Parra, are also important figures in the development of Nueva Canción in Chile. She committed suicide at the age of fifty. Her most famous song, Gracias A la Vida, was popularized in the US by Joan Baez. It remains one of the most covered Latin American songs in history.
________________________________________ LYRIC : Thanks to life ( Violeta Parra)
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It has given me two eyes, and when I open them
I clearly distinguish black from white And in the high sky, its starry depths, And from the crowds, the man that I love.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It has given me hearing, which in all its breadth Day and night records crickets and canaries,Hammers, turbines, barking, dark clouds,And the tender voice of my beloved one.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It has given me sound and the alphabet And with it the words to think and speak Mother, friend, brother, and the light that brightens The path of the soul of my loved one.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It has kept my tired feet walking With them I walked through cities and puddles,Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains And your house, your street and your courtyard.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It gave me my heart, which shakes its frame When I look at the fruit of the human brain When I look at good ones so far from bad ones When I look at the bottom of your light-color eyes.
Thanks to life, which has given me so much It has given me laughter and it has given me tears Thus I distinguish between joy and pain, They are all elements of my song and of all your songs, which is the same song and of everyone's song, which is my own song.
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Despues de leer que Violeta se suicidó, llegue a la conclusioón que posiblemente, esta canción sea una despedida. fue una gran compocitora D.E.P. Dulce Violeta, labios de sabiduria.
quiza sea de las más irónicas y satíricas de violeta no creeis? desde luego refleja a mi parecer un contrasentido una parabola y me parecen más sinceras todos sus demas "temas" gracias a violeta q me ha dado tanto ^^^^^^
Mi mama me cuenta que cuando ella tenia unos 15 años, en guadalajara, mexico, de donde somos, estaba prohibidisimo por los padres y madres escuchar este tipo de canciones, cuenta que tenia que irse al rincon de un parque con sus amigos, cargando su radio para poder escuchar estas canciones... que bien hubiera sido para la humanidad que estas canciones trascendieran aun mas. y lastima que ahora se hallan perdido en la memoria de los grandes, por lo menos en mexico.
la persona mas hermoza y talentosa de chile, grande violeta parra Q E P D., le doy gracias a la vida por escUchar este tema, y gracias a mi madre por presentarme a violeta parra desde sUs cassettes. chao
Sería la primera canción que oí de ella (por supuesto también las muchas versiones de otros cantantes). Y sigue siendo una hermosa canción, que me remonta a tiempos pasados de amistades lejanas y momentos inolvidables.
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que viva violeta para sempre!
llegue a la conclusioón que posiblemente,
esta canción sea una despedida.
fue una gran compocitora
D.E.P. Dulce Violeta, labios de sabiduria.