Almafuerte
De muy pibe me encontre
con tu estatua una tarde.
Luego de eso comenze a leer
tu nombre en muchas partes.
Colectivos, comercios, salones
bibliotecas populares.
Calles, barrios, pueblos, bares
y sentí en mi de vos saber.
En San Justo escuche
a mis abuelos nombrarte
tuve suerte el día que
a tus escritos llegué.
Masticaste soledad
por no callar verdades
y contra la ignorancia guerreaste
sin titulos que te respalden.
Esta cancion quiere tu nombre llevarse
como se lleva mi voz,
para que guarde quien siente.
Fué por querer,
y por si alguno no sabe
que hice mío tu nombre, Almafuerte
Strong Soul
From a very young age I found myself
with your statue one afternoon.
After that, I began to read
your name in many places.
Buses, shops, halls
popular libraries.
Streets, neighborhoods, towns, bars
and I felt in me to know about you.
In San Justo I heard
my grandparents mention you
I was lucky the day
I came across your writings.
You chewed on loneliness
to not silence truths
and fought against ignorance
without titles to back you up.
This song wants to carry your name
as my voice carries it,
so that those who feel may keep it.
It was because I wanted to,
and in case anyone doesn't know
that I made your name mine, Strong Soul