A Mercedes Sosa

Mercedes Sosa, Argentinean folk songwriter died today at
74. This is one of my favorite songs.

It's one of the songs I "discovered" in my early teens
(along with Silvio, Delgadillo and such others) when I
was terribly idealistic and couldn't articulate very well
my feelings and thoughts about what I saw in the world.
Even today it moves me.

It says something like:
I only ask God not to be indifferent to the pain of others,
to not find death feeling empty and alone because I did not
do enough.  I ask him not to let me be indifferent to
injustice,not to be indifferent to war nor to the future...

Here's a video of her singing.  She has an amazing voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIrot1Flczg

And these are the lyrics (in Spanish):

Solo le pido a Dios

Solo le pido a Dios
Que el dolor no me sea indiferente
Que la reseca muerte no me encuentre
Vacio y solo sin haber echo lo suficiente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que lo injusto no me sea indiferente
Que no me abofeteen la otra mejia
Despues que una garra me arane esta frente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que la guerra no me sea indiferente
Es un monstro grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
Es un monstro grande y pisa fuerte
Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que el engano no me sea indiferente
Si un traidor puede mas que unos quantos
Que esos quantos no lo olviden facilmente

Solo le pido a Dios
Que el futuro no me sea indiferente
Deshauciado esta el que tiene que marchar
A vivir una cultura diferente

-Leon Gieco