Asturias

Asturias

Asturias

Asturias if I couldAsturias si yo pudiera
if I knew how to sing to youse yo supiera cantarte
Asturias green with mountainsAsturias verde de montes
and black with minerals...y negra de minerales...
I am a man from the southYo soy un hombre del sur
dust, sun, fatigue, and hungerplovo, sol fatiga y hambre
hunger for bread and horizons... hungerhambre de pan y horizontes... hambre
Under the dried skinBajo la piel resecada
rivers of solid bloodrios sólidos se sangre
and the suffocated hearty el corazón asfixiado
without veins to relieve you.sin venas para aliviarte.
Blind eyes, the eyesLos ojos ciegos los ojos
blind from looking at you so muchciegos de tanto mirarte
without seeing you distant Asturias.sin verte Asturias lejana.
Daughter of my own motherHija de mi misma madre
twice you had the chancedos veces dos has tenido
to play with youocasión par jugarte
Life in a gameLa vida en una partida
and both times you played ity las dos te la jugaste
Who will knock down that tree¿Quién derribara ese arbol
of Asturias with its branches?de Asturias ya un ramaje?
Naked, dry, nailed,Desnudo, seco, clavado,
with its deep-rooted rootcon su raiz entrañable
that runs through all of Spainque corre por toda España
crushing us with courage.crispandonos de coraje.
Look, workers of the world, its silhouette cutting throughMirad obreros del mundo su silueta recortarse
against that impassive skycontra ese cielo impasible
vertical unbreakable.vertical inquebrantable.
Firm on rock firmFirme sobre roca firme
its flesh a living woundherida viva su carne
millions of fists shoutmillones de puños griban
their anger into the air.su cólera por los aires.
Millions of heartsMillones de corazones
beat against your prisonsgolpean contra tus carceles
prepare for your final leapprepara tu salto ultimo
pale cowardly death.livida muerte cobarde.
Prepare for your final leapPrepara tu ultimo salto
for Asturias is waiting for youque Asturias sesta aguardandote
alone in the middle of the earthsola en mitad de la tierra
daughter of my own mother.hija de mi misma madre.