La América Que Se Olvida Lyrics in English Renata Flores

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La América Que Se Olvida by Renata Flores from Spanish to English.

That's why the heavens cry

From your leaving

That's why the heavens cry

From your leaving

I speak to you from my land

Majestic Andes, imposing blue of the sky

Here the apus protect us

They shelter us in the America that is forgotten

In the name of my grandparents

That didn't have many opportunities

They rose up in the middle of the war

And they protected my parents

In the name of my people

That have suffered for twenty years

Hundreds of Taratas, thousands of deaths and missing people

Look at my eyes!

In this song I tell you

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

Helplessness, oblivion, pain and rage ran through my veins

It's time to make heard

What they want to silence

The silence of those that can't defend themselves

They left from among those that have no privileges

The silence of those that condemn

Without evidence and they trample their rights

That voice of the mother of the Andes that asks

For justice and never gives up

Now let someone else's

life be your own!

Why do you boast about a democracy

That excludes, represses and discriminates

It only shows up when the vote is cast

You complain, they silence you, they leave and turn them into devotees

That democracy is the corruption

That reaches everywhere

You must never normalize!

You must always question!

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

Don't keep attacking the sons of the Andes

Land of Quechuas and great Wisdom

And Aymaras of burnished bronze

Coast, highlands, jungle!

Let's work showing

All our greatness

Our diversity is our wealth!

Yes! The time will come when we'll get out of this!

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

We are only blood

We are the same harawi

We exist in this world

Let's search for the dawn

That's why the heavens cry

From your leaving

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SONG MEANING

Renata Flores invites us on a powerful trip to the heart of the Andes, singing in both Spanish and Quechua. “La América Que Se Olvida” paints vivid images of snow-capped mountains, protective apus (spirits of the peaks), and a sky so blue it almost hurts. From this breathtaking backdrop she speaks for ancestors who survived war and for communities that still grapple with poverty, racism, and political violence. Every verse is a reminder that there is an entire America—indigenous, multilingual, bursting with wisdom—that mainstream history often leaves out.

¿What fuels her voice? Rage at corruption, grief for the disappeared, and love for a land rich in “costa, sierra, selva.” Renata challenges a democracy that only shows up on election day, urges listeners to never “normalizar” injustice, and rallies all Peruvians to celebrate their diversidad as their greatest treasure. The chorus, woven with Quechua chants, is both a lament and a battle cry: “Kaqlla yawarlla kanchik… Achikyayta maskasunchik”—we carry the blood of our ancestors and will keep searching for the dawn. This song is a call to remember, resist, and rise together so that the forgotten America is forgotten no more.

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Renata Flores La América Que Se Olvida Lyrics