Tributes continue for the recent death of the singer Mercedes Sosa. Emulating what was done by his Uruguayan colleague Jorge Drexler, Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina wrote a posthumous poem to remember the popular Argentine artist.
Sabina had nothing but words of praise for La Negra, whom he described as only he can: "It was the great lady who embroidered semicolons in the rush of the language of the people."
The verses are titled Violets for Mercedes Sosa, and was reproduced this week by a large part of the Argentine graphic press. The lengthy poem has some really beautiful passages, like this one: «Ancestral song of Argentina, the most fruitful of mines, everything is nothing, she does not know how I cry for her, going out of tune in the chorus of fairies. Godmother of the most intrusive rockers, more villains, less brute, in melancholy streets, my lyrics and their melody wear mourning ».
Without a doubt the tributes to that great figure who was Mercedes Sosa they will continue for a few more weeks, coming from all over the world.
Source: Yahoo Music