Si Se Calla El Cantor (part. Mercedes Sosa)
Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida
Porque la vida, la vida misma, es todo un canto
Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto
La esperanza, la luz y la alegría
Si se calla el cantor, se quedan solos
Los humildes gorriones de los diarios
Los obreros del puerto se persignan
Quién habrá de luchar por su salario
Que ha de ser de la vida si el que canta
No levanta su voz en las tribunas
Por el que sufre, por el que no hay
Ninguna razón que lo condene a andar sin manta
Si se calla el cantor, muere la rosa
De que sirve la rosa sin el canto
Debe el canto ser luz sobre los campos
Iluminando siempre a los de abajo
Que no calle el cantor, porque el silencio
Cobarde apaña la maldad que oprime
No saben los cantores de agachadas
No callarán jamás de frente al crimen
Que se levanten todas las banderas
Cuando el cantor se plante con su grito
Que mil guitarras desangren en la noche
Una inmortal canción al infinito
Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida
If the Singer is Silenced (feat. Mercedes Sosa)
If the singer is silenced, life is silenced
Because life, life itself, is a whole song
If the singer is silenced, hope dies of fright
Hope, light, and joy
If the singer is silenced, the humble sparrows
From the newspapers are left alone
The port workers cross themselves
Who will fight for their wages
What will become of life if the one who sings
Does not raise his voice in the stands
For those who suffer, for those who have
No reason to walk without a blanket
If the singer is silenced, the rose dies
What good is the rose without the song
The song must be a light over the fields
Always illuminating those below
Let the singer not be silenced, because silence
Cowardly shelters the evil that oppresses
Singers do not know about hiding
They will never be silent in the face of crime
Let all the flags be raised
When the singer stands with his shout
May a thousand guitars bleed in the night
An immortal song to infinity
If the singer is silenced, life is silenced
Escrita por: Horacio Guarany