Lyrics of Canto de las Estrellas (Song for the Stars) - Inti Illimani

Canto de las Estrellas (Song for the Stars) - Inti Illimani
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Canto de las Estrellas (Song for the Stars), artist - Inti Illimani. Album song Arriesgaré La Piel (I will Risk My Skin), in the genre Латиноамериканская музыка
Date of issue: 15.03.2006
Record label: Green Linnet, Xenophile
Song language: Spanish

Canto de las Estrellas (Song for the Stars)

(original)
No me alcanza la razón
Ni el amor, ni la palabra
Mis manos que ahora labran
En este instrumento un son
Si no alcanza mi visión
Y nunca me ha de alcanzar
Pa' poder interpretar
El pensar de Víctor Jara
Quien dijera en su plegaria
Yo no canto por cantar
Cómo se escuchan tus sones
Con tonos de consecuencia
De verdad y de paciencia
De pensar sin más presiones
No canto por ilusiones
Dijo delante de Dios
Ni canto porque entre dos
Sea el camino menos largo
No canto ni por encargo
Ni por tener buena voz
Cantó porque el sentimiento
Cantó porque la amistad
Cantó por la realidad
Cantó por el sufrimiento
Cantó porque su talento
En la música desgarra
Cantó porque las amarras
Se soltarán de la gente
Se le oyó decir ausente
Cantó porque la guitarra
Tu vida encaminada
Por un ideal diferente
Por estar entre la gente
A la muerte llevada
Y no puedo ser librada
De la fuerza y la opresión
Que apretado el corazón
Tu canto hoy día se aferra
Porqué cantarle a la tierra
Tiene sentido y razón
Yo no canto por cantar
Ni por tener buena voz
Canto porque la guitarra
Tiene sentido y razón
(translation)
I can't reach the reason
Neither love, nor the word
My hands that now work
In this instrument a son
If it doesn't reach my vision
And it will never reach me
To be able to interpret
The thinking of Víctor Jara
Who said in his prayer
I do not sing for singing
How your sounds are heard
With tones of consequence
of truth and of patience
To think without more pressure
I do not sing for illusions
Said before God
I don't even sing because between two
be the shortest path
I do not sing or on request
Not even for having a good voice
He sang because the feeling
He sang because friendship
sang for reality
He sang for the suffering
He sang because his talent
In the music tears
He sang because you tie them
They will let go of people
He was heard to say absent
He sang because the guitar
your life on track
for a different ideal
for being among the people
To death led
And I can't be freed
Of force and oppression
how tight the heart
Your song today clings
why sing to the earth
It makes sense and reason
I do not sing for singing
Not even for having a good voice
I sing because the guitar
It makes sense and reason
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