VIOLETA PARRA - Gracias a la vida ( Thanks to life) ORIGINAL version

Song : Gracias a la vida ( Thanks to life )
Composer : VIOLETA PARRA

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"Las Últimas Composiciones" de Violeta Parra fue elegido como el mejor disco chileno de todos los tiempos, según la revista Rolling Stone.

Anexo : http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Lo...
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Web Oficial : http://www.violetaparra.cl
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ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY
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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.

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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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[DagronNektari]

La canción está incompleta, se para en 1:36.

[Fchile]

La canción está completa! Sí a tí se te detiene es porque tienes problemas con tu conexión o no tienes actualizado adobe Flash player.

[Josemar Ruiz]

Esta cancion, es media ironica, porque Violeta Parrá escribió " Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto" Parece que esta agradeciendo a la vida, que es una cancion feliz, pero en realidad " Gracias a la vida" la escribio en el momento que tomó la decision de suicidarse. Y luego ella se suicidó. La cancion " gracias a la vida" era para agradecer a la vida por todo lo que le dió, para luego morir.

Es hermosa la cancion!

[Selene Bel]

Simplemente hermosa. La letra, la melodía, su voz cansada. ¿Cómo puede ser que esté llorando ahora? Adoro Chile y sus grandísimos e inmortales artistas. Saludos desde Argentina.

[Nelson Arbach]

ouvir esta pérola provoca em mim sentimentos conflitantes: por um lado orgulho de ser latino-americano e poder entender cada frase,cada palavra com a intensidade e profundidade que transpira mas ,por outro lado,lembro nos tempos sombrios que eram minimamente acalentados por esta música.

[quelin sepulveda]

its such a beautiful song. The irony in the lyrics is what makes it so beautiful and melancholic. So poetic, especially in the last stanza when she is essentially saying that her pain is mirrored by many

very touching :)

[Juan Carlos Diaz Martinez]

la simplesa y grandeza de plasmar en una cancion como vemos nuestra vida, gracias violeta

[DuracosInc]

Qué grande fuiste Violeta Parra! Estoy feliz ser chileno!

[Cecilia Morón]

:)



[DagronNektari]

Lo comprobaré, muchas gracias.

[guadalupe pepe richly]

Hermosa canción , con una bella letra , debemos agradecer en memoria de Violeta Parra el legado de su obra , se lo que es sentir depresión y se que una persona se suicida a veces pensando que va a calmar su dolor y en un medio semi-inconsciente lo lleva a cabo , es una verdadera pena que haya sucedido , nunca nos olvidemos antes de juzgar que todos tenemos momentos en la vida muy difíciles de superar , Gracias Violeta Parra por tu obra , estás siempre en mi corazón y en mi alma .

[mra030912]

Hermosa composición, vive Violeta en ella por siempre.

Llega al alma.