| Cau el sol, cau el món als cerros invisibles
| The sun is falling, the world is falling on the invisible hills
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| que han comprat els homes blancs per un gra de cafè.
| which white men have bought for a coffee bean.
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| I la serra es despulla xisclant sota les urpes d’Europa
| And the mountains are stripped bare, squeaking under the claws of Europe
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| mentre els pobles miners dormen amb els ulls desperts.
| while the mining villages sleep with their eyes wide open.
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| M’han fet esclau d’aquesta terra,
| I have been enslaved to this land,
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| han fet de mi un arbre encès.
| they have made me a burning tree.
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| He fet del silenci una guerra,
| I have made silence a war,
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| he après a viure sense res.
| I have learned to live without anything.
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| Yo soy campesino puro
| I am a pure peasant
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| y no empecé la pelea,
| and I didn't start the fight,
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| pero si me buscan ruido
| but if they are looking for noise
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| la bailan con la más fea.
| they dance it with the ugliest.
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| Cap fuet de mil puntes els farà oblidar d’on vénen.
| A thousand-pointed whip will make them forget where they came from.
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| Cap infern de mil anys els farà agenollar.
| No hell of a thousand years will make them kneel.
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| I abracen el seu país per la cintura,
| And they embrace their country around their waists,
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| boja i famèlica de ballar al seu compàs.
| crazy and hungry to dance to his beat.
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| M’han fet esclau d’aquesta terra,
| I have been enslaved to this land,
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| han fet de mi un arbre encès.
| they have made me a burning tree.
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| He fet del silenci una guerra,
| I have made silence a war,
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| he après a viure sense res.
| I have learned to live without anything.
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| Yo soy campesino puro
| I am a pure peasant
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| y no empecé la pelea,
| and I didn't start the fight,
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| pero si me buscan ruido
| but if they are looking for noise
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| la bailan con la más fea.
| they dance it with the ugliest.
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| Cançó popular dels guerrillers del sud de Tolima (Colòmbia) | Folk song of the guerillas of the south of Tolima (Colombia) |