| Nuestro cobre
| our copper
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| La carne de la pampa
| The meat of the pampas
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| Enclavado en la tierra colorada
| Nestled in the red land
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| Que vive allá en el norte
| who lives there in the north
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| Empapado de sol y de montaña
| Sun drenched and mountain
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| Motivo de los hombres
| men's motive
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| Y mezclado con la sangre y con el alma
| And mixed with the blood and with the soul
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| De todo un pueblo pobre
| Of an entire poor town
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| Nuestro cobre
| our copper
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| Nacido entre los cerros
| Born among the hills
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| Y robado por manos extranjeras
| And stolen by foreign hands
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| Cambiado por dinero
| exchanged for money
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| No era Chile quien bebía de tu savia
| It was not Chile that drank from your sap
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| No eran los mineros
| They were not the miners
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| Y te hacían cañón y te ponían
| And they made you a cannon and put you
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| En contra de los pueblos
| Against the peoples
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| Nuestro cobre
| our copper
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| Ahora estás en casa
| now you are home
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| Y la patria te recibe emocionada
| And the country receives you excited
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| Con vino y con guitarras
| With wine and with guitars
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| Son tus dueños los mismos que murieron
| Your owners are the same ones who died
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| Porque no te llevaran
| Why won't they take you
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| Y de aquí ya no te mueven ni con sables
| And from here they don't even move you with sabers
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| Ni tanques ni metrallas
| Neither tanks nor shrapnel
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| Nuestro cobre
| our copper
|
| La carne de la pampa
| The meat of the pampas
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| Enclavado en la tierra colorada
| Nestled in the red land
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| Que vive allá en el norte
| who lives there in the north
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| Como un niño que nunca imaginó
| Like a child who never imagined
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| La dicha de ser hombre
| The joy of being a man
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| Has vencido para bien de los chilenos
| You have won for the good of Chileans
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| Ya no seremos pobres
| We will no longer be poor
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| De tus frutos saldrá la vida nueva
| From your fruits will come new life
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| Vendrán tiempos mejores
| Better times will come
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| Para siempre el cobre está en las manos
| Forever the copper is in the hands
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| De los trabajadores | From the workers |