Asatoma Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya
Mrtyor Ma Amrtam Gamaya
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
Domar la luz,
Es convidarle el amor,
A diez mil corazones sumidos en un duermevela.
Domar la luz,
No es aferrarse, es soltar;
Es animarse a indagar
Qué es ilusión, qué es verdad.
Domar la luz,
No es más que darse cuenta,
Saberse eterno.
Domar la luz
No es más que despertar
De un largo sueño.
Domar la luz,
Como una estrella, que cae;
Sin que nadie siquiera la mire en su tiempo fugaz.
Domar la luz,
No es abrazar la cruz,
Es entregar el dolor,
Es inclinarse al amor.
Tantas plegarias para un solo Dios.
Tantos idiomas para un solo suelo.
Y yo aquí, un cantante de a pie,
Entre palabra y silencios.
Tantas canciones para un solo sol,
Tantas estrellas para un solo cielo,
Y yo aquí, con mi guitarra,
Entre la rama y el vuelo.
Domar la luz,
No es distraerse, es amar,
Saberse eterno.
Domar la luz,
No es más que despertar
De un largo sueño.
Asatoma Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya
Mrtyor Ma Amrtam Gamaya
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
Taming the light,
Is sharing love
with ten thousand hearts sunk in drowsiness.
Taming the light,
Is not gripping, but letting go:
It is daring to delve into
What's illusion, what's truth.
Taming the light
Is no more than realizing,
Knowing one is eternal.
Taming the light
Is no more than waking
From a long dream.
Taming the light,
Like a star that falls;
When no-one is even looking at it
In its fleeting time.
Taming the light,
Is not embracing the cross,
It is rendering pain,
It is bending down to love.
So many prayers to one and only God.
So many languages for one and only land.
And here I am, a simple singer,
Between word and silences.
So many songs to one and only sun,
So many stars to one and only sky,
And here I am, with my guitar,
Between the branch and the flight.
Taming the light
Is not being absent, but loving,
Knowing one is eternal.
Taming the light
Is nothing but waking
From a long dream.
from Canta,
released January 25, 2019
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Max Ditamo: voces y coros.
Mary Walker: coros
Sebastián Garay: bajo
Guillermo Porro: samplers, programaciones, mezcla y producción.
Gustavo Fourcade (Steps Ahead Sound): masterización.
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