Paroles et traduction Carlos Puebla - Elegía a Salvador Allende

Elegía a Salvador Allende

Yo que canté por tu vida
Llena de luz clara y pura
Hoy canto por la amargura
Que nos deja tu partida

Ay Salvador Allende
Salvador
De tu gesto generoso
Saldrá más alto y glorioso
Un Chile mucho mejor.

Fueron fusiles traidores
Que en la traición se escondían
Y manos que respondían
A los más crueles rencores.

Era el fusil extranjero
Era el rencor fratricida
Era la sombra escondida
En la sombra del acero.

Era el rencor que se esfuerza
En mostrar sus intenciones
Como no tenían razones
Tuvieron que usar la fuerza

Pero se ha quedado trunca
La esperanza que buscaban
Creyeron que te mataban
Y estás más vivo que nunca

Elegy to Salvador Allende

I who sang of your life
Full of clear and pure light
Today I sing of the bitterness
That our departure leaves us

Oh Salvador Allende
Salvador
From your generous gesture
A much better Chile
Will come out higher and more glorious.

They were treacherous rifles
That hid in the betrayal
And hands that responded
To the cruelest resentments.

It was the foreign rifle
It was the fratricidal resentment
It was the hidden shadow
In the shadow of the steel.

It was the resentment that tries
To show their intentions
As they had no reasons
They had to use force

But the hope they sought
Has been cut short
They thought they were killing you
And you are more alive than ever