| Vengo a inclinar mi bandera
| I come to bow my flag
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| Musical y entristecida
| musical and saddened
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| Por la temprana partida
| For the early game
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| De quien fue una voz entera
| Whose was a whole voice
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| En el pueblo está presente
| In the town is present
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| Con su canción pura y clara
| With your song pure and clear
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| El nombre de Víctor Jara
| The name of Victor Jara
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| Que cantará eternamente
| That he will sing eternally
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| Fue una voz estremecida
| He was a trembling voice
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| Que al pueblo entregó su suerte
| That the people gave their luck
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| Y rubricó con su muerte
| And he signed with his death
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| La gran canción de su vida
| The great song of his life
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| En el pueblo está presente
| In the town is present
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| Con su canción pura y clara
| With your song pure and clear
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| El nombre de Víctor Jara
| The name of Victor Jara
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| Que cantará eternamente
| that will sing forever
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| Al pueblo entregó su canto
| To the people he gave his song
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| Porque del pueblo venía
| Because he came from the town
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| Y al pueblo le conocía
| And the people knew him
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| La amarga noche del llanto
| The bitter night of crying
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| En el pueblo está presente
| In the town is present
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| Con su canción pura y clara
| With your song pure and clear
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| El nombre de Víctor Jara
| The name of Victor Jara
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| Que cantará eternamente
| that will sing forever
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| Pero su canto se empina
| But her song of him is steep
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| Sobre la muerte y la historia
| On death and history
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| Su canto es timbre de gloria
| His singing of him is a bell of glory
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| Pues la voz no se asesina
| Well, the voice is not killed
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| En el pueblo está presente
| In the town is present
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| Con su canción pura y clara
| With your song pure and clear
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| El nombre de Víctor Jara
| The name of Victor Jara
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| Que cantará eternamente
| that will sing forever
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| Su voz seguirá sonando
| His voice will continue to sound
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| En los oídos inciertos
| In uncertain ears
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| Que hay muertos que no están muertos
| That there are dead that are not dead
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| Muertos que viven cantando
| Dead that live singing
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| En el pueblo está presente
| In the town is present
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| Con su canción pura y clara
| With your song pure and clear
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| El nombre de Víctor Jara
| The name of Victor Jara
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| Que cantará eternamente | that will sing forever |