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Artist: Alfredo Zitarrosa
Canonical path: /alfredo-zitarrosa/el-diccionario
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El diccionario
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El diccionario
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(Milonga)*
¡Qué mala suerte tienen los que quisieran,
que el hombre por lenguaje se dividiera!
Cuando el hombre comprende sus intereses
el planeta se achica y su idioma crece.
Nadie me diga que en tantos viajes
tuve problemas con mi mensaje,
los pueblos más lejanos en el paisaje
sueñan, viven y luchan en mi lenguaje.
¡Qué mala suerte tienen los que quisieran,
que los pueblos del mundo no se entendieran!
Cuando en Chile el fascismo reía en inglés
en español lloraba más de un francés.**
Bravos lingüistas del diccionario
vayan juntando vocabulario
que ha de llegar el día, si es necesario,
en que se hable un lenguaje interplanetario.
* Alfredo Zitarrosa la canta por son guajiro.
** Alfredo Zitarrosa en lugar de estos dos versos, repite "Cuando el hombre comprende sus intereses / el planeta se achica y su idioma crece".
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