Inti Illimani — Canto de las Estrellas song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Canto de las Estrellas" by Inti Illimani.
Lyrics
No me alcanza la razón
Ni el amor, ni la palabra,
Mis manos que ahora labran
En este instrumento un son.
Si no alcanza mi visión
Y nunca me ha de alcanzar
Pa’poder interpretar
El pensar de víctor jara,
Quien dijera en su plegaria
Yo no canto por cantar.
Cómo se escuchan tus sones
Con tonos de consecuencia,
De verdad y de paciencia
De pensar sin más presiones,
No canto por ilusiones
Dijo delante de dios,
Ni canto porque entre dos
Sea el camino menos largo,
No canto ni por encargo
Ni por tener buena voz.
Cantó porque el sentimiento,
Cantó porque la amistad,
Cantó por la realidad,
Cantó por el sufrimiento,
Cantó porque su talento
En la música desgarra
Cantó porque las amarras
Se soltarán de la gente,
Se le oyó decir ausente
Cantó porque la guitarra.
Tu vida encaminada
Por un ideal diferente,
Por estar entre la gente,
A la muerte llevada.
Y no puedo ser librada
De la fuerza y la opresión,
Que apretado el corazón,
Tu canto hoy día se aferra
Porqué cantarle a la tierra
Tiene sentido y razón.
Yo no canto por cantar
Ni por tener buena voz,
Canto porque la guitarra
Tiene sentido y razón.
Lyrics translation
I can't reason enough
Neither love nor the word,
My hands now till
In this instrument a son.
If it doesn't reach my vision
And he'll never catch up with me
To be able to interpret
Victor jara's thinking,
Who said in his prayer
I don't sing for singing.
How your sounds are heard
With shades of consequence,
Truth and patience
To think without further pressure,
I don't sing for illusions
He said before God,
Neither do I sing because between two
Be the road less long,
I don't even sing on request
Not for having a good voice.
He sang because the feeling,
He sang because friendship,
He sang for reality,
He sang for suffering,
He sang because his talent
In the music rips
He sang because the ties
They'll let go of the people,
He was heard saying absent
He sang because the guitar.
Your life on track
For a different ideal,
For being among the people,
To death brought.
And I can't be delivered
Of force and oppression,
That tightened the heart,
Your singing today clings
Why sing to the Earth
It makes sense and right.
I don't sing for singing
Not even for having a good voice,
I sing because the guitar
It makes sense and right.