Asturias

Asturias

Asturias

Asturias, if I could,Asturias, si yo pudiera,
if I knew how to sing to you.si yo supiera cantarte.
Asturias green with mountainsAsturias verde de montes
and black with minerals.y negra de minerales.

I am a man from the south;Yo soy un hombre del sur;
dust, sun, fatigue, and hungerpolvo, sol, fatiga y hambre
hunger for bread and horizons,hambre de pan y horizontes,
hunger.hambre.

Under the parched skinBajo la piel resacada
solid rivers of bloodríos sólidos de sangre
and the suffocated hearty el corazón asfixiado
with no relief in sight.sin vez para aliviarte.

The eyes, blind eyesLos ojos, ciegos los ojos
blind from looking at you so muchciegos de tanto mirarte
without seeing you, Asturias of the soulsin verte Asturias del alma
daughter of my own mother.hija de mi misma madre.

Twice, twice you hadDos veces, dos has tenido
the chance to risk it allocasión para jugarte
in a game of lifela vida en una partida
and both times you took the risk.y las dos te las jugaste.

Who will bring down that treeQuién derribará ese árbol
of Asturias already without foliagede Asturias ya sin ramaje
naked, dry, nailed;desnudo, seco, clavado;
with its deep-rooted essence.con su raiz entrañable.

That runs through all of SpainQue corre por toda España
tensing us with couragecrispándonos de coraje
look, workers of the worldmirad obreros del mundo
at its silhouette being outlined.su silueta de recortarse.

Against that unyielding skyContra ese cielo impacible
unbreakable verticalvertical inquebrantable
firm on solid rockfirme sobre roca firme
its flesh vibrates wounded.herida vibra su carne.

Millions of fists shoutMillones de puños gritan
their anger through the airsu cólera por los aires
millions of heartsmillones de corazones
beat against your prisons.golpean contra tus cárceles.

Prepare for your final leapPrepara tu salto último
cowardly death, palelíbida muerte cobarde
prepare for your final leapprepara tu último salto
for Asturias is waiting for you.que Asturias está aguardándote.

Alone in the middle of the earthSola en mitad de la tierra
daughter of my own mother.hija de mi misma madre.

Alone in the middle of the earthSola en mitad de la tierra
daughter of my own mother.hija de mi misma madre.