Hasta Siempre Lyrics in English Carlos Puebla

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hasta Siempre by Carlos Puebla from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

We learned to love you

From the historic height

Where the sun of your bravery

Laid siege to death

Chorus 1

Here the clear remains

The heartfelt transparency

Of your beloved presence

Commander Che Guevara

Verse 2

Your glorious and strong hand

Fires over history

When all Santa Clara

Wakes up to see you

Chorus 2

Here the clear remains

The heartfelt transparency

Of your beloved presence

Commander Che Guevara

Verse 3

You come burning the breeze

With spring suns

To plant the flag

With the light of your smile

Chorus 3

Here the clear remains

The heartfelt transparency

Of your beloved presence

Commander Che Guevara

Verse 4

Your revolutionary love

Leads you to new endeavor

Where they await the firmness

Of your liberating arm

Chorus 4

Here the clear remains

The heartfelt transparency

Of your beloved presence

Commander Che Guevara

Verse 5

We will keep going forward

Just as we go on beside you

And with Fidel we tell you

"Until forever, Commander"

Chorus 5

Here the clear remains

The heartfelt transparency

Of your beloved presence

Commander Che Guevara

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SONG MEANING

Hasta Siempre is Carlos Puebla’s lively farewell letter to the revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Each verse showers Che with admiration, praising his bravery, smile, and “querida presencia” (beloved presence) that lingers even after he leaves Cuba. When Puebla sings of Santa Clara waking up to see you, he is saluting Che’s decisive 1958 victory that helped topple the Batista regime. The lyrics sparkle with natural imagery—sunlight, spring winds, clear transparency—to paint Che as a radiant force who chased away death and planted hope for a new society.

Yet the song is more than a tribute; it is a rousing call to action. The chorus repeats like a rallying drum: Aquí se queda… (Here remains…), insisting that Che’s spirit will guide the Cuban people forward. By ending with “Hasta siempre, Comandante”—literally “Until forever, Commander”—Puebla transforms a goodbye into a promise: we will keep fighting, shoulder to shoulder with Che and Fidel, for freedom and justice. The result is both a heartfelt goodbye and an evergreen anthem that invites every listener to march on with revolutionary passion.

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Carlos Puebla Hasta Siempre Lyrics