Orphans

Every building, every painting, every old bookCada edificio, cada pintura, cada libro antiguo

That is destroyed or lost, makes us a littleQue es destruido o perdido, nos hace un poco

More orphans. It impoverishes usMás huérfanos. Nos empobrece

By destroying a building we are killing its historyAl destruir un edificio estamos matando su historia

That story that just seeing the structure already betrayedEsa historia que solo al ver la estructura ya traicionaba

Alone, those books that were created and written by thoseSolo, esos libros que fueron creados y escritos por aquellos

Writers who lived centuries ago tell the story of whatEscritores que vivieron siglos atrás cuentan la historia de lo que

Lived, to destroy it is to forget what we have livedVivieron, destruirlo es olvidar lo que hemos vivido

Every building, every painting, every old bookCada edificio, cada pintura, cada libro antiguo

That is destroyed or lost, makes us a littleQue es destruido o perdido, nos hace un poco

More orphans. It impoverishes usMás huérfanos. Nos empobrece

That's why the world is being orphanedPor eso el mundo se está quedando huérfano

I know their history, their identity, their idiosyncrasies, becauseConozco su historia, su identidad, sus idiosincrasias, porque

Its cultural base is dying with so much modernismSu base cultural está muriendo con tanto modernismo

And consumerism teaches us that this no longer works, becauseY el consumismo nos enseña que esto ya no funciona, porque

It suits them more fools like sheep than lionsLes conviene más tontos como ovejas que como leones

Well culturedBien cultos

Every building, every painting, every old bookCada edificio, cada pintura, cada libro antiguo

That is destroyed or lost, makes us a littleQue es destruido o perdido, nos hace un poco

More orphans. It impoverishes usMás huérfanos. Nos empobrece