From this distant point of view, It may seem that the earth Has no particular interest But for us, it is different Whoever You loved And all that You have met Everyone who have heard all beings The Earth is a very small stage In a vast cosmic sand Think of the rivers of blood Spilled by all those generals And emperors so that in glory And triumph, they could become The momentary masters Of a fraction of time Earth is the only world we know So far capable of harboring life There is nowhere else, at least for now To which our species could migrate Think of the endless cruelties committed And the inhabitants of one corner of this world On the scarcely distinguishable Inhabitants of some other corner How frequent are their misunderstandings How frequent are their misunderstandings Whoever You loved And all that You have met Everyone who have heard all beings The Earth is a very small stage In a vast cosmic sand Think of the rivers of blood Spilled by all those generals And emperors so that in glory And triumph, they could become The momentary masters Of a fraction of time Earth is the only world we know So far capable of harboring life There is nowhere else, at least for now To which our species could migrate