Asturias
Asturias, si yo pudiera,
si yo supiera cantarte.
Asturias verde de montes
y negra de minerales.
Yo soy un hombre del sur;
polvo, sol, fatiga y hambre
hambre de pan y horizontes,
hambre.
Bajo la piel resacada
ríos sólidos de sangre
y el corazón asfixiado
sin vez para aliviarte.
Los ojos, ciegos los ojos
ciegos de tanto mirarte
sin verte Asturias del alma
hija de mi misma madre.
Dos veces, dos has tenido
ocasión para jugarte
la vida en una partida
y las dos te las jugaste.
Quién derribará ese árbol
de Asturias ya sin ramaje
desnudo, seco, clavado;
con su raiz entrañable.
Que corre por toda España
crispándonos de coraje
mirad obreros del mundo
su silueta de recortarse.
Contra ese cielo impacible
vertical inquebrantable
firme sobre roca firme
herida vibra su carne.
Millones de puños gritan
su cólera por los aires
millones de corazones
golpean contra tus cárceles.
Prepara tu salto último
líbida muerte cobarde
prepara tu último salto
que Asturias está aguardándote.
Sola en mitad de la tierra
hija de mi misma madre.
Sola en mitad de la tierra
hija de mi misma madre.
Asturias
Asturias, if I could,
if I knew how to sing to you.
Asturias green with mountains
and black with minerals.
I am a man from the south;
dust, sun, fatigue, and hunger
hunger for bread and horizons,
hunger.
Under the parched skin
solid rivers of blood
and the suffocated heart
with no relief in sight.
The eyes, blind eyes
blind from looking at you so much
without seeing you, Asturias of the soul
daughter of my own mother.
Twice, twice you had
the chance to risk it all
in a game of life
and both times you took the risk.
Who will bring down that tree
of Asturias already without foliage
naked, dry, nailed;
with its deep-rooted essence.
That runs through all of Spain
tensing us with courage
look, workers of the world
at its silhouette being outlined.
Against that unyielding sky
unbreakable vertical
firm on solid rock
its flesh vibrates wounded.
Millions of fists shout
their anger through the air
millions of hearts
beat against your prisons.
Prepare for your final leap
cowardly death, pale
prepare for your final leap
for Asturias is waiting for you.
Alone in the middle of the earth
daughter of my own mother.
Alone in the middle of the earth
daughter of my own mother.