Jesús de Chamberí [English translation]

It was a cold April night,

the sky was covered in shadows,

the rain was making love, caressing Madrid,

and the Word became flesh and dwelt in Chamberi

From his deep slumber, he awoke

Lying on a bench in the middle of the square

covered in sheets made of cold and cardboard

He was bursting with rage and had reason in his eyes

"Pay attention to what I say

I give to you a new commandment:

Tear down every nation

with tolerance, and with blows of love".

My kingdom is not of this world

and in my land, the Sun does not set

wherever peace has a miscarriage, new barriers are born

my army is instinct and my judge is reason

My policy is liberty,

I'm the king of the oppressed

For every prisoner of conscience that you jail

you chain fear and ignorance to your skin

"Pay attention to what I say

I give to you a new commandment:

Tear down every nation

with tolerance, and with blows of love".

In an alley,

Sara sells her love

She rents AIDs until two

begging for God to soothe her pain

Run away from sex —says a preacher—

for it's evil, and a source of sin,

I give to you a new commandment: make love,

and don't put borders to the field where I did not.

As disciples, he chose twelve:

two whores, five ex-cons,

two black immigrants and a Rock poet,

Peter the wanderer, and a slightly drug addict

"Pay attention to what I say

I give to you a new commandment:

Tear down every nation

with tolerance, and with blows of love".