Sí, se parece mucho a un post de Mariale de por la misma época de las elecciones, soy una copioneta, lo sé, pero es que la letra, que si bien es totalmente adaptada a los Estados Unidos ya que resume su historia en una pocas frases, contiene además elementos muy apropiados que pueden ser aplicables a nuestra propia realidad histórica. O sea, el hoy por hoy después del 23N.
Si le tomó 8 años a los gringos para darse cuenta de la torta que había puesto el otro y de que necesitaban un cambio... que se puede decir de nosotros que llevamos 10 y aún nos quedan 4... cuándo se van a dar cuenta?
Pero Chávez nos la está poniendo en bandejita de plata... el mismo anda pidendo referendum, disfrazado esta vez de enmienda (in)constitucional. El mismo quiere medirse y está pidiendo que le digamos otra vez que NO... pués habrá que decírselo si eso es lo que quiere.
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. (si podemos darnos la oportunidad y la prosperidad)
Yes we can heal this nation. (si podemos sanar a este país- que bien lo necesita luego de tanto insulto y daño)
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change*. (We want change.)
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant ……….. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests (no estamos tan divididos como nuestros politicos lo quieren hacer creer); that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea: Yes We Can.
*Recuerda siempre que no importan los obstáculos que se atraviesen en tu camino, nada puede interponerse ante la fuerza de millones de voces pidiendo un cambio.
NO es NO CARAJO, YA BASTA!
