Silvio Rodríguez
Canción urgente para Nicaragua lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Length
- 2:59
Se partió en Nicaragua otro hierro caliente
Another hot iron broke in Nicaragua
Se partió en Nicaragua otro hierro caliente
Another hot iron broke in Nicaragua
Con que el águila daba su señal a la gente
As the eagle gave its signal to the people
Con que el águila daba su señal a la gente
As the eagle gave its signal to the people
Se partió en Nicaragua otra soga con cebo
Another rope with bait snapped in Nicaragua
Se partió en Nicaragua otra soga con cebo
Another rope with bait snapped in Nicaragua
Con que el águila ataba por el cuello al obrero
As the eagle tied the worker by the neck
Con que el águila daba por el cuello al obrero
As the eagle choked the worker by the neck
Se ha prendido la hierba dentro del continente
The grass has ignited within the continent
Las fronteras se besan y se ponen ardientes
The borders kiss and become fiery
Me recuerdo de un hombre que por esto moría
I remember a man who would die for this
Y que viendo este día, como espectro del monte
And seeing this day, like a specter from the mountain
Jubiloso reía
Jubilantly he laughed
El espectro es andino con Bolívar y el Che
The specter is Andean with Bolívar and Che
El espectro es andino con Bolívar y el Che
The specter is Andean with Bolívar and Che
Porque el mismo camino caminaron los tres
Because they all walked the same path, the three
Porque el mismo camino caminaron los tres
Because they all walked the same path, the three
Estos tres caminantes con idéntica suerte
These three travelers with identical fate
Estos tres caminantes con idéntica suerte
These three travelers with identical fate
Ya se han hecho gigantes, ya burlaron la muerte
They have become giants, they have outsmarted death
Ya se han hecho gigantes, ya burlaron la muerte
They have become giants, they have outwitted death
Ahora el águila tiene su dolencia mayor
Now the eagle has its greatest pain
Nicaragua le duele pues le duele el amor
Nicaragua hurts because love hurts her
Y le duele que el niño vaya sano a la escuela
And it hurts that the child goes healthy to school
Porque de esa madera, de justicia y cariño
Because from that wood, of justice and affection
No se afila su espuela, ¡qué pa-!
Its spur doesn't get sharpened, hey!
¿Andará Nicaragua su camino en la gloria?
Will Nicaragua walk its path in glory?
¿Andará Nicaragua su camino en la gloria?
Will Nicaragua walk its path in glory?
Porque fue sangre sabia la que hizo su historia
Because it was wise blood that made its history
Porque fue sangre sabia la que hizo su historia
Because it was wise blood that made its history
Te lo dice un hermano que ha sangrado contigo
A brother who has bled with you tells you this,
Te lo dice un hermano que ha sangrado contigo
A brother who has bled with you tells you this,
Te lo dice un cubano, te lo dice un amigo
A Cuban tells you this, a friend tells you this,
Te lo dice un cubano, te lo dice un amigo
A Cuban tells you this, a friend tells you this.
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Key vocabulary
- caliente
- hotA1
- águila
- eagleC1
- gente
- peopleA1
- otra
- otherA1
- soga
- rope
- cebo
- bait
- ataba
- tied
- cuello
- neckA2
- obrero
- workerC1
- prendido
- on (lit)
About this song
Silvio Rodríguez is a Cuban singer-songwriter associated with nueva trova and nueva canción. He is known for politically charged, lyric-driven protest songs set against tender folk balladry, and for helping define the style that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.