Solo Le Pido a Dios

Solo Le Pido a Dios - I only ask of God

Written by León Gieco and famously sung by Mercedes Sosa
Yes I know I get the words wrong a bit and my Spanish accent
is wierd. I don't care I still love to sing this.

As an athiest this is my favourite God song.
What more should we ask for?

English Translation

I only ask of God
That I not be indifferent to pain,
That dry death wont find me
Empty and alone, without having done enough.

I only ask of God
That I not be indifferent to injustice
That they wont slap my other cheek,
After a claw has scratched this luck of mine.

I only ask of God
That I not be indifferent to war,
Its a big monster and it treads heavily on
All the poor innocence of people.

I only ask of God
That I not be indifferent to deceit,
If a traitor can do more than many people,
Then let those people not forget him easily.

I only ask of God
That I not be indifferent to the future,
Hopeless is he who has to go away
To live a different culture.

Spanish

Sólo le pido a Dios
que el dolor no me sea indiferente,
que la reseca muerte no me encuentre
vacío y solo, sin haber hecho lo suficiente.

Sólo le pido a Dios
que lo injusto no me sea indiferente,
que no me abofeteen la otra mejilla,
después que una garra me arañó esta suerte.

Sólo le pido a Dios
que la guerra no me sea indiferente,
es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
toda la pobre inocencia de la gente.

Sólo le pido a Dios
que el engaño no me sea indiferente,
si un traidor puede más que unos cuantos,
que esos cuantos no lo olviden fácilmente.

Sólo le pido a Dios
que el futuro no me sea indiferente,
desahuciado está el que tiene que marchar
a vivir una cultura diferente.

Sólo le pido a Dios
que la guerra no me sea indiferente,
es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
toda la pobre inocencia de la gente.

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[jpablosnm]

muy bueno el cover!!.. felicitaciones

[russelljenkinsfearn]

@jpablosnm

Gracias

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Lucky for you, I don't understand Spanish, so I think it was fabulous! I don't think I have heard this before. I really like the lyrics. Well done!

[russelljenkinsfearn]

@YoppyKyabetsu Thank you so much

[ukulelepe]

Great song!!

[russelljenkinsfearn]

@ukulelepe Thanks

[russelljenkinsfearn]

@UnluckyMum

Thank you so much.

I'm just putting subtitles on it and realising how many mistakes I made in the Spanish!

Still I'm not recording it again just yet

[UnluckyMum]

Brilliantly sung and played :)

[russelljenkinsfearn]

@uke5417 Thanks.

I'd love to hear you sing it too.

[uke5417]

Great song. Thanks for the translation.