MERCEDES SOSA, in memoriam (Tucumán, 9-Jul-1935 - Buenos Aires, 4-Oct-2009)

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.It gave me two beams of light, that when opened,Can perfectly distinguish black from whiteAnd in the sky above, her starry backdrop,And from within the multitudeThe one that I love.Thanks to life, which has given me so much.It gave me an ear that, in all of its widthRecords— night and day—crickets and canaries,Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms,
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