Victor Jara — Zamba del "Che" song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Zamba del "Che"" by Victor Jara.
Lyrics
Vengo cantando esta zamba
con redoble libertario,
mataron al guerrillero
Che comandante Guevara.
Selvas, pampas y montanas
patria o muerte su destino.
Que los derechos humanos
los violan en tantas partes,
en America Latina
domingo, lunes y martes.
Nos imponen militares
para sojuzgar los pueblos,
dictadores, asesinos,
gorilas y generales.
Explotan al campesino
al minero y al obrero,
cuanto dolor su destino,
hambre miseria y dolor.
Bolivar le dio el camino
y Guevara lo siguio:
liberar a nuestro pueblo
del dominio explotador.
A Cuba le dio la gloria
de la nacion liberada.
Bolivia tambien le llora
su vida sacrificada.
San Ernesto de La Higuera
le llaman los campesinos,
selvas, pampas y montanas,
patria o muerte su destino.
Lyrics translation
I've been singing this zamba
with redoble libertarian,
they killed the guerrilla.
What a Guevara commander.
Forests, pampas and mountains
fatherland or death your destiny.
That human rights
they're raped in so many parts,
in Latin America
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
They impose on US military
to subdue the Peoples,
dictators, murderers,
gorillas and generals.
They exploit the peasant
the miner and the worker,
how much pain your destiny,
hunger misery and pain.
Bolivar gave him the way
and Guevara followed him:
liberating our people
of the exploitative domain.
He gave Cuba the glory
of the liberated nation.
Bolivia also mourns you
his life sacrificed.
San Ernesto De La Higuera
they call it the peasants,
forests, pampas and mountains,
fatherland or death your destiny.