Guillermo Anderson
Introducción – Testamento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Length
- 0:54
Afuera, a gritos pedía la turba,
Outside, the crowd shouted for my death,
Mi muerte con insultos y rencor,
With insults and resentment,
Pero sé bien que Dios dio voz al hombre,
But I know well that God gave voice to man,
Para construir palabras con amor.
To build words with love.
Dicté mi pensamiento entre los gritos
I dictated my thoughts amidst the shouts,
Sereno ante el destino de mi suerte,
Calm before the fate of my fortune,
Mi hijo y compañero de mis triunfos,
My son and companion of my triumphs,
Confirma mi derrota ante la muerte.
Confirms my defeat before death.
Sabiendo que a la muerte vamos solos
Knowing that we go to death alone,
Sin miedo a mi destino me entregué,
Without fear of my destiny, I surrendered,
Y antes de entrar a lo desconocido,
And before stepping into the unknown,
Otros abriles y septiembres recordé,
I remembered other Aprils and Septembers,
Y recordé...
And I remembered...
Que sólo fui un momento en esta historia
That I was just a moment in this story
La cual no se termina de escribir
Which is never finished being written.
Que no muere el afecto nunca muere,
That affection never dies, it never dies,
Cincuenta años no habría yo de cumplir.
I wouldn’t have reached fifty years.
Que sólida mi voz habría de dar
How solid my voice would have to sound
La orden de mi propia ejecución
To give the command of my own execution.
Que no me amedrentaba aquella turba
That mob did not frighten me.
Que es dulce la venganza del perdón.
How sweet is the vengeance of forgiveness.
Que el ansia de la libertad es dueña,
For the yearning for freedom is a mistress,
De los espíritus que aman lo bueno,
Of the spirits that love what is good,
Duerme en la sangre y no nos abandona
It sleeps in the blood and never leaves us,
Sólo para renovarlo nacemos.
Only to renew it, we are born anew.
Que si no fui sabio para las ciencias
For if I was not wise in the sciences,
O a veces me falto algo de valor
Or sometimes I lacked a bit of courage,
La voluntad de la unidad me sobra,
The will for unity overflows in me,
Me sobra voluntad, la del amor.
I have an abundance of will, that of love.
Que a nadie hay que privarlo de la vida
For no one should be deprived of life.
Cual bestia sin juicio y sin defensa
Like a beast without judgment and without defense
Que las ideas libertarias brillan
For libertarian ideas shine
Como la luz del sol la más intensa.
Like the sun's light, the most intense.
Lo que dejo no es sencillamente
What I leave behind is not simply
Cuatro pensamientos redactados.
Four thoughts penned down.
Cuánto pasará hasta que se entienda
How long will it take until it's understood
¿Que mi vida entera es mi legado?
That my entire life is my legacy?
Veo generaciones evocando
I see generations evoking
Con error y abuso mi memoria.
With error and abuse my memory.
Se ha roto el fino hilo de plata.
The fine silver thread has been broken.
Asciendo a batallar desde la historia.
I rise to battle from history.
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Key vocabulary
- afuera
- outsideB2
- gritos
- shoutsB1
- pedía
- asked
- turba
- mob
- muerte
- deathB1
- insultos
- insultsC2
- rencor
- resentmentC1
- sé
- knowA1
- bien
- wellA1
- dios
- godA2
About this song
Guillermo Anderson was a Honduran singer-songwriter. He is known for lyrics that address ecology and social problems.