Life is worth nothing
if it does not come to an end
so others can have
what one enjoys and loves.
Life is worth nothing
if I just sit here
having seen and imagined
that they call to me everywhere.
Life is worth nothing
when people are killing one another
and I go on singing here
as if nothing was happening.
Life is worth nothing
if I hear a death cry
and it does not touch
my heart it stops.
Life is worth nothing
if I disregard the fact that the assassin
has gone by a different route
and prepares another ambush.
Life is worth nothing
if another brother is taken by surprise
when I knew beforehand
what was being prepared for him.
Life is worth nothing
if four fall every minute
and in the end by crime
the day is won.
Life is worth nothing
if I have to put off
another minute of being
and die in a bed.
Life is worth nothing
if in the end what goes on around me
I cannot change no matter
what I have and what protects me.
And that is why for me
life is worth nothing.