Mercedes Sosa — Si Se Calla el Cantor song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Si Se Calla el Cantor" by Mercedes Sosa.
Lyrics
Si se calla el cantor calla la vida
Porque la vida, la vida misma es todo un canto
Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto
La esperanza, la luz y la alegrѓa.
Si se calla el cantor se quedan solos
Los humildes gorriones de los diarios,
Los obreros del puerto se persignan
Quiѓ(c)n habrѓЎ de luchar por su salario.
Hablado
'Que ha de ser de la vida si el que canta
No levanta su voz en las tribunas
Por el que sufre,'por el que no hay
Ninguna razѓіn que lo condene a andar sin manta'
Si se calla el cantor muere la rosa
De que sirve la rosa sin el canto
Debe el canto ser luz sobre los campos
Iluminando siempre a los de abajo.
Que no calle el cantor porque el silencio
Cobarde apaѓ±a la maldad que oprime,
No saben los cantores de agachadas
No callarѓЎn jamѓЎs de frente al crimѓ(c)n.
Hablado
'Que se levanten todas las banderas
Cuando el cantor se plante con su grito
Que mil guitarras desangren en la noche
Una inmortal canciѓіn al infinito'.
Si se calla el cantor. .. Calla la vida.
Lyrics translation
If the singer shuts up, he shuts up life.
Because life, life itself is a song
If the singer is silent, he dies of fright
Hope, light and joy.
If the singer shuts up, they're left alone.
The humble sparrows of the newspapers,
The port workers are impersonating each other
Who (c)N will have to fight for his salary.
Spoken
'That must be of life if the one who sings
He does not raise his voice in the stands
For the one who suffers,' for the one who is not
No reason to condemn him to walk without a blanket.'
If the singer is silent the Rose dies
That serves the Rose without singing
Must the song Be Light over the fields
Always enlightening those below.
Do not shut the singer because the silence
Cowardly for the evil that oppresses,
Do not know the singers of squats
Don't shut up about the crime front (c) n.
Spoken
'Let all the flags rise
When the singer stands with his cry
Let a thousand guitars bleed out in the night
An immortal song to Infinity'.
If the singer will shut up. .. Shut up.