Paroles et traduction Victor Jara - Zamba del Ché

Zamba del Ché

Vengo cantando esta zamba
Con redobles libertarios,
Mataron al guerrillero
Che comandante Guevara.
Selvas, pampas y montañas
Patria o muerte es su destino.
Que los derechos humanos
Los violan en tantas partes,
En América 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,
Cuánto dolor su destino,
Hambre miseria y dolor.
Bolívar le dio el camino
Y Guevara lo siguió:
Liberar a nuestro pueblo
Del dominio explotador.
A Cuba le dio la gloria
De la nación liberada.
Bolivia también le llora
Su vida sacrificada.
San Ernesto de la Higuera
Le llaman los campesinos,
Selvas, pampas y montañas,
Patria o muerte su destino

Zamba del Ché

I sing this zamba
With the beat of drums of liberty,
They killed the guerrilla fighter
Che, Commander Guevara.
Jungles, deserts, and mountains
Patria o muerte is his destiny.
They violate human rights
In so many places,
In Latin America
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
They impose military men
To subjugate the people,
Dictators, murderers,
Gorillas and generals.
They exploit the peasants
The miners and the workers,
How much pain is their destiny,
Hunger, poverty, and sorrow.
Bolívar showed him the way
And Guevara followed:
To liberate our people
From the grip of exploiters.
He brought glory to Cuba
As a liberated nation.
Bolivia also mourns him
For his life of sacrifice.
San Ernesto de la Higuera
The peasants call him,
Jungles, deserts, and mountains,
Patria o muerte is his destiny.