| Weave on
| tejer en
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| Sisters of the night
| Hermanas de la noche
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| On your loom of pain
| En tu telar de dolor
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| Try and stitch the darkness through the light
| Intenta unir la oscuridad a través de la luz
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| Weave on poverty and crime
| Tejer sobre la pobreza y el crimen
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| The wars and waste
| Las guerras y el desperdicio
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| Give our souls a break from the hunger
| Dale a nuestras almas un descanso del hambre
|
| For the prophets and the saints
| Por los profetas y los santos
|
| Stitch it on
| Coser en
|
| The weapons drawn
| Las armas dibujadas
|
| And the children’s splayed
| Y los niños están abiertos
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| And the fathers found
| Y los padres encontraron
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| In unmarked graves
| En tumbas sin nombre
|
| With your fingers pale and numb
| Con tus dedos pálidos y entumecidos
|
| Just braid
| solo trenza
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Just you still weave on
| Solo sigues tejiendo
|
| Feed on
| Dar
|
| Sorry sons of state
| Lo siento hijos de estado
|
| Preaching salvation
| predicando la salvacion
|
| While we fall with such amazing grace
| Mientras caemos con una gracia tan asombrosa
|
| Feed on
| Dar
|
| Love of money, love of race
| Amor al dinero, amor a la raza
|
| Disrespect of country
| Falta de respeto al país
|
| And of neighbors
| y de vecinos
|
| Neighbored in our hate
| Vecino en nuestro odio
|
| Stitch it on
| Coser en
|
| The brothers gone
| los hermanos se fueron
|
| And the lives they gave
| Y las vidas que dieron
|
| To their foreign graves
| A sus tumbas extranjeras
|
| With your fingers pale and numb
| Con tus dedos pálidos y entumecidos
|
| Just braid, just braid
| Solo trenza, solo trenza
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Just you sisters weave on
| Solo ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| All you sisters just weave on
| Todas ustedes, hermanas, simplemente tejen
|
| These are the plans
| estos son los planes
|
| The words we hear from mind deranged
| Las palabras que escuchamos de la mente trastornada
|
| You there who share his pain
| Tú que compartes su dolor
|
| Withdraw from this place and speedily
| Retírate de este lugar y rápidamente
|
| Lest the harsh
| no sea que el duro
|
| Spite your mind also with madness
| A pesar de tu mente también con locura
|
| How dare, you urge us to cowardice
| ¿Cómo te atreves, nos incitas a la cobardía?
|
| I am ready to endure
| Estoy listo para soportar
|
| With him whatever must be
| Con él lo que sea
|
| I am ready to endure
| Estoy listo para soportar
|
| With him whatever must be
| Con él lo que sea
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| Oh, you sisters weave on
| Oh, ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| With your stitching purple, blue and red
| Con tus costuras moradas, azules y rojas
|
| Just you sisters weave on
| Solo ustedes hermanas tejen
|
| Let the blood run through your thread
| Deja que la sangre corra por tu hilo
|
| All you sisters just weave on | Todas ustedes, hermanas, simplemente tejen |