 FACUNDO CABRAL (La Plata, May 22, 1937 – Guatemala City, July 9, 2011) |
Está la puerta abierta |
la vida está esperando
con su eterno presente,
con lluvia o bajo el sol.
Está la puerta abierta,
juntemos nuestros sueños
para vencer al miedo
que nos empobreció.
La vida es encontrarnos,
para eso nacemos,
porque el punto más alto
es llegar al amor.
sólo hay amor de todos,
y por ese motivo
estamos hoy aquí.
Está la puerta abierta,
la vida está esperando
con su eterno presente,
con lluvia o bajo el sol.
Está la puerta abierta,
juntemos nuestros sueños
para vencer al miedo
que nos empobreció.
después de pueblo en pueblo
hasta rodear al mundo
con la misma canción.
Todas las cosas bellas
comenzaron cantando,
no olvides que tu madre
cantando te acunó.
Todas las cosas bellas
comenzaron cantando,
no olvides que tu madre
cantando te acunó.
Facundo Cabral was an Argentine singer, songwriterand philosopher. Cabral overcame numerous obstacles in his climb toward international fame. He was the youngest of eight siblings of which only three survived in a very poor family. His mother raised his children by her self as the father leaved the family one day before Facundo was born. Very young was arrested and locked up in a reformatory where a priest teached him to read and writte, and helped him to escape.
In 1966, the United Nations Department of Education, Science, and Culture (UNESCO) declared him a "worldwide messenger of peace."
His compositions mixed personal anecdotes, parables, social criticism and spiritual reflection. Inspired by the music of Atahualpa Yapanqui and José Larralde,Cabral taught himself to play folk songs on the guitar. Moving to Mar del Plata, he found a job singing in a hotel. With the success of "No Soy de Aqui, Ni Soy de Alla," in 1970,Cabral rose to the upper echelon of Argentinian music. His outspoken lyrics, however, continued to stir controversy. Labeled a "protest singer," in the mid-'70s he was forced to leave his homeland and seek exile in Mexico. He remained a world citizen, however, performing in more than 150 countries. Returning to Argentina in 1984,Cabral performed a series of concerts in Buenos Aires' Luna Park that attracted as many as 6,000 people each night. Three years later, he performed at Buenos Aires' football stadium for an audience of more than 50,000 people. Cabral toured with Alberto Cortes in May 1994.
Cabral was shot and killed during a tour in Guatemala Citywhile en route to La Aurora International Airport on July 9, 2011