Below, I translated the lyrics of the song You Sold Me a Dream by Ana Tijoux from Spanish to English.
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Abuelita, jupiter okwess
Granny, jupiter okwess
Desde el Congo para el mundo
From Congo to the world
Desde el Congo para América latina y áfrica completa
From Congo to Latin America and Africa complete
Contra todo racismo se escucha la música fuerte, alto, óyelo
Against all racism you hear loud, loud music, hear it
Batekela nga ndoto
Batekela nga ndoto
Po ba konza nga
Po ba konza nga
Balingi nazala na se na bango
Balingi nazala na se na bango
Koyeba likambu ango
Koyeba likambu ango
Eza vraiment bien
Eza vraiment well
Somos hermanas y hermanos desde mundo iguales, negro, moreno bella morenitud
We are sisters and brothers from equal world, black, brown beautiful morenitud
Otelekela nga ndoto
Otelekela nga ndoto
Po o dominer nga
Po o dominer nga
Olingi nazala malanda ngulu
Olingi nazala malanda ngulu
Yo colonisation, oboma molimo na nga
Yo colonisation, oboma molimo na nga
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
You sold me a dream (vendiste la selva)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste la sierra)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste la tierra)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste áfrica)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (américa latina)
You sold me a dream (Latin America)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
Batekela nga ndoto
Batekela nga ndoto
Po ba konza nga
Po ba konza nga
Balingi nazala obe na se na bango
Balingi nazala obe na se na bango
Nayebi boule na bango
Nayebi boule na bango
Yango likambu
Yango likambu
Okwess okwess okwess okwess
Okwess okwess okwess okwess
El mundo se pone de pie
The world stands up
Somos millones de frente
We are millions of fronts
Orgulloso que no lo ve
Proud that he doesn't see it
Somos la gente consciente
We are the conscious people
Congo se pone ya de pie
Congo is now on its feet
Chile se pone ya de pie
Chile is now on its feet
Mali se pone ya de pie
Mali is on its feet
Haití se pone de pie
Haiti stands up
Irak, Colombia, Brasil, Costa de Marfil
Iraq, Colombia, Brazil, Ivory Coast
México, Perú, Líbano, Burkina Faso
Mexico, Peru, Lebanon, Burkina Faso
De pie, de pie, de pie, de pie
Standing, standing, standing, standing
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
You sold me a dream (vendiste la selva)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste la tierra)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste áfrica)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (américa latina)
You sold me a dream (Latin America)
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
You sold me a dream (vendiste la selva)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste la tierra)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (vendiste áfrica)
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream (américa latina)
You sold me a dream (Latin America)
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
He, ya mansiamina
He, already mansiamina
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
You sold me a dream
Liberar, liberar
Release, release
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