| Manifiesto (original) | Manifiesto (translation) |
|---|---|
| Yo no canto por cantar | I do not sing for singing |
| Ni por tener buena voz | Not even for having a good voice |
| Canto porque la guitarra | I sing because the guitar |
| Tiene sentido y razón | It makes sense and reason |
| Tiene corazón de tierra | He has a heart of earth |
| Y alas de palomita | And popcorn wings |
| Es como el agua bendita | It's like holy water |
| Santigua glorias y penas | Holy glories and sorrows |
| Aquí se encajó mi canto | Here my song was embedded |
| Como dijera Violeta | As Violet said |
| Guitarra trabajadora | hardworking guitar |
| Con olor a primavera | With the scent of spring |
| Que no es guitarra de ricos | That is not the guitar of the rich |
| Ni cosa que se parezca | or anything that looks like |
| Mi canto es de los andamios | My song is from the scaffolding |
| Para alcanzar las estrellas | to reach for the stars |
| Que el canto tiene sentido | That the song makes sense |
| Cuando palpita en las venas | When it throbs in the veins |
| Del que morirá cantando | Of which he will die singing |
| Las verdades verdaderas | the true truths |
| No las lisonjas fugaces | Not the fleeting flattery |
| Ni las famas extranjeras | Nor foreign fame |
| Sino el canto de una lonja | But the song of a fish market |
| Hasta el fondo de la tierra | To the bottom of the earth |
| Ahí donde llega todo | where it all comes |
| Y donde todo comienza | and where it all begins |
| Canto que ha sido valiente | I sing that you have been brave |
| Siempre será canción nueva | It will always be a new song |
