4. Segun quien cuente
According to who is telling the story

1531
- according to what history tells us -
she appeared to juan diego
like, directly from the heavens
a precious dark woman
of poetic oratory
cuatlesupe - or guadalupe -
...depending on who's telling it
all the way in puerto rico I knew of it
this imposing image
of a woman without shoes
stomping on a serpent!
those were times of conquest
and of colonization
there are many points of view
one has to pay attention
they say that if you don't smarten up
you will be swept away by the current!
i want to know your opinion
eva, in front of this audience
tonight in san ntonio
...or mexico, depending on who's telling it
is this mystery true?
or was it a convenient miracle?

lourdes, dear sister
the story has already been proven
i don't know why you look for
the fifth leg on a cat
if that's what you came for
you should have stayed
in your house in guanajuato
you, who knows so much about conquest,
war and colonization
and of all those points of view
you need to pay attention to me
it is said that those who don't smarten up
are swept away by the current
here goes my opinion
tonight in front of this audience
in my house, san antonio
...mexico, depending on who's telling it
to me our little virgin
is the bridge of the americas
but you should have already known this?
...didn't you used to be intelligent?

because i bring forth an argument
you question my intelligence?
you sound to me like the government
so at ease in your complacency
hiding behind the divine providence
listen to me, four times
she appeared, this bridge
but no one wanted to believe
an indian who was a servant
always looking for "signs"
the impatient bishops!
the immaculate, merciful one
seeing their incredulity
sent them a mantle of roses
with her true face
and then they said to juan diego,
"come in, your majesty"
and through the front door entered juan
and he was honored
the conquest was of the mind
mestizaje, consecrated
alll that was aztec or independent
was relegated to myth
...that is what people say
it is not something i invented

following your argument
here is another point of view
that does not have the elements
of colonizers or conquest
just to prove to you
that the divine is wise:
to send us a dark-skinned woman
by way of a beautiful song
she did not appear to the bishop
but to an indian in the countryside
as a consolation to the poor
to alleviate their sorrows
she spoke not in spanish
but in a beautiful nahuatl
a dress with a flower, xochitl
and a special touch -
it had a constellation
not an imperial crown
instead of gold she brought roses

and she was winning
over a dangerous animal
with a deadly bite

what a metaphor you present to me
the story inside out
from zapata to chavez
the guadalupana is
a symbol of hope
of a culture, its faith (2x)

we are your little ones
protected beneath your shadow
what else is there to need?
liberated are those who name you