Jesús es verbo, no sustantivo [English translation]

Yesterday, Jesus tuned my guitar and sharpened my senses, he inspired me

Paper and pencil in hand, I am ready to compose the song but I refuse to write

Because to talk and write about Jesus is redundant, it would be better to act

Then, something told me that the only way to not be redundant is to say the truth

Say that Jesus wants us to act rather than talk

Say that Jesus is more than five letters forming a name

Say that Jesus is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a simple and flat theory

Brother, why are you reading the Bible all day?

What is written there is summarized as love; Go and practice it

Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a luxurious temple with baroque stylings

He knows that in the long run it is nothing more than rock

The church exists in your soul and in your actions; don’t forget

That Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a group of ladies with a dark consciousness

Who seek to gain entrance to heaven with charities

If you want to be an active member, you'll have to submit to the directors

Your savings account in Switzerland and your privileged connections

Jesus is more than making the sign of the cross, kneeling and boasting of these actions

He knows that perhaps deep inside their conscience burns

Jesus is more than a flower on an altar that saves you from your sins

Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus turned his sermons into reality

It is a sin to drink coffee, say the Mormons

They have so little to do that they go about inventing anything

Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus doesn’t understand why cults applaud him

They speak of honesty knowing that the tithe is a fraud

Jesus is disgusted by the pastor who gets rich by his faith

Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

In my neighborhood Doña Carlota was the most religious

Speaking of loving thy neighbor while puncturing hundreds of my game balls

Since I was a child I learned that religion is nothing more than a method

You are forbidden to think, as the title and everything else is already written

I was baptized when I was two months and I wasn’t even told

There was a party, a piñata, and they didn’t ask me

Please baptize me Jesus, as between friends

My Brother, I know you hate protocol

Gentlemen, do not divide faith; borders are for countries

In this world there are more religions than happy children

Jesus thought "I will make myself invisible so that all my brothers

Stop speaking so much of me and extend a hand to each other "

Jesus, you are the best witness of the love that I profess to you

I have a clear conscience that's why I do not go to confession

By praying two Our Fathers the murder does not revive his victim

Jesus, my brethren, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus do not come down to earth, stay up there

All those who have thought as you are now face up

Forgotten in some cemetery, their ideals carried with them

They died with a smile on their lips because they were

Verb and not a noun.