La carovana [English translation]

Come y’all 1 into the rough world

Where a helpless moaning struck me

Wake up, puppets, here you are

facing the abyss of frivolity

Here, in the quagmire of false beliefs

still trying to sell you as gold what comes from the gutter

Time sleeps, abandoned to the cowardice

of Western apathy

I’m off, chasing a dream

that weary eyes will not see

I fear that your democracy

through fire will not lead to freedom

Maybe it’s late, but I’m running away

trying to piece together the nothingness of your hypocrisy

In my city, the caravan goes around

Bringing support

You, the idealists, are precisely what I need

You don’t need a god to make a saint

Solidarity, here I come

To heal the nothingness of your duplicity

Here, a city still lies

it’s sliding into innocence

I chased a city

through the ruins of a submerged world

Here, a city still lies

My city

About my truth, they say

that it’s vulgar, disrespectful and radical

Whatever, but I can’t accept (this)

If a conscience is blind it’s because it stopped speaking out

Nations and cities torn to pieces

by the ghosts of war and economy

In my city I bring compassion

to the wounded days of your civilization

Here a city still lies

it’s sliding into innocence

I chased a city

through the ruins of a submerged world

Here a city still lies

My city

You, the idealists, are precisely what I need

You don’t need a god to make a saint

To my city I bring compassion

to the wounded days of your civilization

Here a city still lies

it’s sliding into innocence

I chased a city

through the ruins of a submerged world

Here a city still lies

My city, my city, my city

1. Venghino is the incorrect conjugation of the present subjunctive of « venire » (the correct form being « vengano ») ; over the years, it came to exemplify the typical mistake an uneducated person would make when trying to appear what they are not. By extension, it is commonly regarded as the catchphrase used by conmen, street peddlars and people baiting tourists or potential spectators to a show