Sí, el clásico tan conocido en la voz de La Voz, en la elegante chulería mafiosa de Frank Sinatra, pero aquí es la gran Nina Simone. Es ella la que nos regala las insinuaciones de una voz que juega a que se quiebra para que vayamos a recogerla y no lleguemos, porque eran sublimes amagos de cristales que no terminan de romperse. Al contrario, se elevan para iluminar el dolor y el placer que habita en este tema, que nos habla de sufrimiento y de orgullo, de nuestras distintas caras, de nuestras diversas identidades, de las voluntades de otros y del mantenimiento imperativo de las nuestras.
Nina Simone se deshace en esta canción, y, al hacerlo, nos enseña el camino de la caída y del vuelvo a levantarme. El ritmo y todas las voces del coro que constituyen su única voz, el alma de Nina Simone, se deslizan orgullosos, sabedores de su profundo poder, y vuelan en una efervescencia que nos eleva a todos... y que hace que nos queramos a nosotros mismos un poquito más.
Afirmó Don Quijote:
"... yo sé quien soy, respondió Don Quijote, y sé que puedo ser, no sólo los que he dicho, sino todos los doce Pares de Francia, y aún todos los nueve de la fama, pues a todas las hazañas que ellos todos juntos y cada uno de por sí hicieron, se aventajarán las mías.
(El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, capítulo V)
"What is a man, what have he got
If not himself, and he had not to may the things
He truly feels not words of one for use
With that shows, I took the blows and did it my way!"
If not himself, and he had not to may the things
He truly feels not words of one for use
With that shows, I took the blows and did it my way!"
LETRA:
And now, the end is near and so I got to face
The final curtain, girl
Friends I say clear and state her case of which I'm uncertain
I've lived a life that's full of travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
Yeah, regrets, I've had a few
But then again, who feel to me uncertain.
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each other course, each careful footstep along the byway,
Yeah, and more, much more than this,
I did my way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you know
When I did all much more than I could do
But threw it all, when there was doubt, on everyday
And it's not enough, I faced it all
And as big as all did my way.
Oh, I've laughed and cried, had my fill my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, counted also music
To think like the old lad
And may I say not in a sky away,
Oh, no no no, You're not me, I did it my way.
What is a man, what have he got
If not himself, and he had not to may the things
He truly feels not words of one for use
With that shows, I took the blows and did it my way!
The final curtain, girl
Friends I say clear and state her case of which I'm uncertain
I've lived a life that's full of travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
Yeah, regrets, I've had a few
But then again, who feel to me uncertain.
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each other course, each careful footstep along the byway,
Yeah, and more, much more than this,
I did my way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you know
When I did all much more than I could do
But threw it all, when there was doubt, on everyday
And it's not enough, I faced it all
And as big as all did my way.
Oh, I've laughed and cried, had my fill my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, counted also music
To think like the old lad
And may I say not in a sky away,
Oh, no no no, You're not me, I did it my way.
What is a man, what have he got
If not himself, and he had not to may the things
He truly feels not words of one for use
With that shows, I took the blows and did it my way!
(Fuente Letra: lyricstime.com)