Sting canta pelos mortos, desaparecidos e torturados sob o regime de Pinochet. Canta as mulheres que dançam sozinhas enquanto dançam com os seus pais, com os seus filhos, com os seus maridos desaparecidos. Sempre me emocionou. É para ouvir e pensar. Deixo a letra. 

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“They Dance Alone”, Sting

Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can’t see what it is that they despise
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

It’s the only form of protest they’re allowed
I’ve seen their silent faces scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they’d go missing too
Another woman on a torture table what else can they do
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance
One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Hey Mr. Pinochet
You’ve sown a bitter crop
It’s foreign money that supports you
One day the money’s going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin’ with her invisible son
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
They’re anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone

Fonte

Se quiserem saber mais sobre a repressão no Chile de Pinochet, recomendo uma visita ao site da Amazon. Podem ler online, na totalidade, por exemplo:

“A Nation of Enemies: Chile Under Pinochet” de Pamela Constable e Arturo Valenzuela AQUI ou, “A History of Chile, 1808-2002″ (Cambridge Latin American Studies) por Simon Collier e William F. Sater  AQUI

Boas leituras!