Cántico de las Criaturas Lyrics in English Juan Morales Montero
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cántico de las Criaturas by Juan Morales Montero from Spanish to English.
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AMÉRICA LIBRE
FREE AMERICA
Son muchos años después de aquel grito
It's many years after that cry
primero de la libertad;E
first of freedom; E
y todavía seguimos buscando ese sueño
and we are still looking for that dream
que nunca se dio.
that never happened
O que me digan si no es verdad.
Or tell me if it's not true.
Cómo ser libres en medio de tanta miseria
How to be free in the midst of so much misery
y de tanta maldad;
and of so much evil;
si tantos niños se mueren por falta de un solo
if so many children die for lack of just one
pedazo de pan.
piece of bread.
¡Ya no es posible seguir así!
It is no longer possible to continue like this!
CANTA, CANTA, CANTA,
SING, SING, SING,
QUE TU VOZ NO SE VAYA A CALLAR;
MAY YOUR VOICE NOT BE SILENT;
SI ES AMÉRICA UNIDA QUE CANTA
IF IT IS A UNITED AMERICA THAT SINGS
POR LA LIBERTAD.
FOR LIBERTY.
CANTA, CANTA, CANTA,
SING, SING, SING,
QUE LAS ARMAS APAGUEN SU VOZ,
LET HER WEAPONS MUT OUT HER VOICE from her,
Y QUE VEAN TUS HIJOS, AL FIN,
AND LET YOUR CHILDREN SEE her, FINALLY,
ESE DÍA MEJOR.
THAT DAY BETTER.
Ando buscando, celoso, razones que digan por qué de este mal.
I'm looking for, jealous, reasons that say why this evil.
¿Por qué han de ser unos pocos
Why must there be a few
los dueños de aquello que de todos es?
the owners of what belongs to everyone?
¿quién les ha dicho que eso es así?
who told you that this is so?
Y, mientras tanto, vivir es un lujo que sólo unos pocos se dan,
And, meanwhile, living is a luxury that only a few have,
Porque la gran mayoría es un genio
Because the vast majority is a genius
luchando por sobrevivir.
Fighting to survive.
Queremos vida con dignidad...
We want life with dignity...
Pero, a pesar del dolor y del hambre
But despite the pain and hunger
que azotan en este rincón;
that whip in this corner;
Sé que es posible pensar
I know that it is possible to think
en que el día que viene es un día mejor:
when the day to come is a better day:
es nuestro sueño, nuestra ilusión.
It is our dream, our illusion.
Y veo a la gente de todo lugar
And I see people everywhere
olvidando rencores de ayer,
forgetting grudges from yesterday,
para enterrar el pasado
to bury the past
y hacer del mañana ese amanecer,
and make tomorrow that dawn,
que, por justicia, será mejor...
that, for fairness, it will be better..
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