De La Victoria a La Gloria

From Victory to Glory

De La Victoria a La Gloria

From Tumbes to TacnaDesde Tumbes hasta Tacna
From Pucallpa the gloryDesde Pucallpa la gloria
The people from La Victoria are leavingLos negros de la Victoria se van
Because God is calling themPorque Dios los llama

The people from Alianza Lima are leaving, they are leavingLa gente de Alianza Lima se va, se va
To play in glory for ChristmasPara jugar en la gloria por Navidad
They left La Victoria to triumphSalieron de la Victoria para triunfar

And over the sky of LimaY sobre el cielo de lima
They reached the topLlegaron hasta la cima
And over the sky of Lima they will stayY sobre el cielo de lima se quedarán

They won't return, they won't returnNo volverán, no volverán
They won't return, they won't returnNo volverán, no volverán

They are leaving with their joy, they are leaving, they are leavingYa se van con su alegría, se van, se van
On the day of Mary they are leaving, they are leavingEn el día de María se van, se van
The sky that receives them is white and blueEl cielo que los recibe es blanquiazul

They are playing in heavenJugando están en el cielo
With the little black angelsCon los angelitos negros
San Martín shouts with them long live PeruSan Martín grita con ellos viva el Perú

They won't return, they won't returnNo volverán, no volverán
They won't return, they won't returnNo volverán, no volverán

Alianza and its new people are leaving, they are leavingAlianza y su gente nueva se van, se van
To play with Villanueva they are leaving, they are leavingA jugar con Villanueva se van, se van
They are leaving along with Caico and CalderónSe van junto con Caico y con Calderón
And seeing us cry for themY al vernos llorar por ellos
They asked permission from heavenPidieron permiso al cielo
And with the new little black ones they will returnY con los negritos nuevos regresarán

And they will return, and they will returnY volverán, y volverán
And they will return, and they will returnY volverán, y volverán

Alianza Lima, your brown peopleAlianza Lima, tu gente morena
Give you with their sorrow the last goodbyeTe da con su pena el último adiós

Alianza Lima, your brown peopleAlianza Lima, tu gente morena
Give you with their sorrow the last goodbyeTe da con su pena el último adiós

The last goodbyeEl último adiós

In front of the sea of Ventanilla a hope collapsedFrente al mar de Ventanilla se derrumbó una esperanza
In the sea of Grau rest the children of La VictoriaEn el mar de Grau descansan los hijos de la Victoria
But from glory they will shoutPero ellos desde la gloria gritarán

Up Alianza!¡Arriba Alianza!