Canción Para Los Valientes

Song for the Brave

Canción Para Los Valientes

The wind no longer blows aboveYa no slopa el viento arriba
Under the mountain rangeBajo de la coordillera
Passing through SantiagoPaso arrasando en santiago
Heating up the trenchesCalentando las trincheras

Song of Chilean bonesCanción de huesos chilenos
From deep withinDe lo profundo de adentro
Song for the braveCanción para los valientes
Let Victor Jara sing itQue la cante victor jara
A song by VioletaUna canción de violeta
For the companion AllendePara el compañero allende

The mountain fell silentLa montaña quedó muda
Split in halfPartida por la mitad
Pablo Neruda doesn't singNo canta pablo neruda
The verses of the generalLos versos del general
Because he was too much of a poetPorque era mucho poeta
To see his people diePara ver morir su pueblo
And survive the factY sobrevivir al hecho

Give me a rifle, companionDeme un fusil compañero
My throat hurtsQue me duele la garganta
And I know that later onY yo se que pa mas luego
The guitars won't helpNo serviran las guitarras

Just like the circus in RomeIgual que el circo de roma
Where they killed ChristiansDonde mataban cristianos
For defending a crossPor defender una cruz
Almost nothing has changedCasi no han cambiado nada
They keep killing ChristiansSiguen matando cristianos
For defending a crossPor defender una cruz
On the chestEn el pecho
SwastikaCruz gamada

Take your hands, take your fingersToma tus manos, toma tus dedos
They give them back to you, the girlTe las devuelven la galla
Sing Victor, sing to the peopleCantale victor, cantale al pueblo
The flame risesQue se alza la llamarada
Shoot, shoot, Chilean shootDispará, dispará, chileno dispará
Shoot, shoot, shootDispará, dispará, dispará
For America shootPor américa dispará

Take your hands, take your fingersToma tus manos, toma tus dedos
They give them back to you, the girlTe las devuelven la galla
Sing Victor, sing to the peopleCantale victor, cantale al pueblo
The flame risesQue se alza la llamarada
Shoot, shoot, Chilean shootDispará, dispará, chileno dispará
Shoot, shoot, shootDispará, dispará, dispará
For America shootPor américa dispará

Take your hands, take your fingersToma tus manos, toma tus dedos
They give them back to you, the girlTe las devuelven la galla
Sing Victor, sing to the peopleCantale victor, cantale al pueblo
The flame risesQue se alza la llamarada
Shoot, shoot, Chilean shootDispará, dispará, chileno dispará
Shoot, shoot, shootDispará, dispará, dispará
For America shootPor américa dispará

The wind no longer blows aboveYa no solpa el viento arriba
Under the mountain rangeBajo de la coordillera
Because the wind is cold abovePorque el viento es frio arriba
And warms up coming downY el bajando se calienta
Passing through SantiagoPaso arrasando en santiago
Heating up the trenchesCalentando las trincheras
Shot to the La MonedaBasucazo a la moneda

Song of Chilean bonesCanción de huesos chilenos
From deep withinDe lo profundo de adentro
Song for the braveCanción para los valientes
Let Victor Jara sing itQue la cante victor jara
A song by VioletaUna canción de violeta
For the companion AllendePara el compañero allende

(spoken)(recitado)
"The day will come"llegará el día
When our continentEn que nuestro continente
Speaks with the voice of a united people:Hable con voz de pueblo unido:
Allende, Allende, Allende, AllendeAllende, allende, allende, allende
Allende, Allende, Allende, aAllende, allende, allende, a