Lyrics of Camilo Torres - Victor Jara

Camilo Torres (original)

Donde cayó Camilo
Nació una cruz
Pero no de madera
Sino de luz
Lo mataron cuando iba
Por su fusil
Camilo Torres muere
Para vivir
Cuentan que tras la bala
Se oyó una voz
Era Dios que gritaba:
¡Revolución!
A revisar la sotana
Mi general
Que en la guerrilla cabe
Un sacristán
Lo clavaron con balas
En una cruz
Lo llamaron bandido
Como a Jesús
Y cuando ellos bajaron
Por su fusil
Se encontraron que el pueblo
Tiene cien mil
Cien mil Camilos prontos
A combatir
Camilo Torres muere
Para vivir

(translation)

Where Camilo fell
a cross was born
but not wood
but of light
They killed him when he was
for his rifle
Camilo Torres dies
To live
They say that after the bullet
a voice was heard
It was God who shouted:
Revolution!
to check the cassock
my general
that fits in the guerrilla
a sacristan
They nailed him with bullets
on a cross
They called him a bandit
Like Jesus
And when they came down
for his rifle
They found that the people
has a hundred thousand
One hundred thousand Camilos ready
to fight
Camilo Torres dies
To live