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Che's Zamba

Victor Jara

Zamba del Che

Vengo cantando esta zamba
Con redoble libertario
Mataron al guerrillero
Che comandante Guevara

Selvas, pampas y montañas
Patria o muerte su destino
Selvas, pampas y montañas
Patria o muerte su destino

Que los derechos humanos
Los violan en tantas partes
En América Latina
Domingo, lunes y martes
Nos imponen militares
Para sojuzgar los pueblos
Dictadores, asesinos
Gorilas y generales

Explotan al campesino
Al minero y al obrero
Cuanto dolor su destino
Hambre miseria y dolor

Bolívar le dio el camino
Y Guevara lo siguió
Liberar a nuestro pueblo
Del dominio explotador

A Cuba le dio la gloria
De la nación liberada
Bolivia también le llora
Su vida sacrificada

San Ernesto de La Higuera
Le llaman los campesinos
Selvas, pampas y montañas
Patria o muerte su destino

Che's Zamba

I come singing this zamba
With libertarian drum roll
They killed the guerrilla
Che Commander Guevara

Jungles, pampas and mountains
Homeland or death, your destiny
Jungles, pampas and mountains
Homeland or death, your destiny

That human rights
They rape them in so many places
In Latin America
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
They impose military on us
To subjugate the peoples
Dictators, murderers
Gorillas and generals

They exploit the peasant
To the miner and the worker
How much pain his destiny
Hunger, misery and pain

Bolívar gave him the way
And Guevara followed him
Free our people
From exploitative domain

He gave Cuba glory
From the liberated nation
Bolivia also mourns him
His sacrificed life

Saint Ernest of the Fig Tree
The peasants call it
Jungles, pampas and mountains
Homeland or death, your destiny

Escrita por: Rubén Ortiz Fernandez