Translation of the song lyrics La Carta - Victor Jara

La Carta - Victor Jara
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song La Carta , by -Victor Jara
Song from the album Habla y Canta
in the genreЛатиноамериканская музыка
Release date:12.02.2019
Song language:Spanish
Record labelSucesión Víctor Jara
La Carta (original)La Carta (translation)
Me mandaron una carta they sent me a letter
Por el correo templano by early mail
Y en esta carta me dice And in this letter he tells me
Que cayó prieso mi hermano That my brother fell prisoner
Así lo tema con grillos So I fear it with crickets
Por las calles lo arrastraron, si Through the streets they dragged him, yeah
La carta dice el motivo The letter says the reason
Que ha cometido Roberto What has Robert done?
Haber apoyado el paro Having supported the strike
Que ya se habia resuelto That had already been resolved
Si caso esto és el motivo If this is the reason
Presa también voy sargiento, si Dam I'm also sergeant, yes
Yo que me encuentro tán lejo I am so far away
Esperando la noticia waiting for the news
Me viene decir en la carta It comes to tell me in the letter
Que en mi patria no hay justicia That in my country there is no justice
Los hambrientos piden el pan The hungry ask for bread
No molejan a la milicia, si They don't bother the militia, yeah
Esta manera pomposa this pompous way
Queren consiervar su aciento They want to keep their seat
Los de abanicos y de flaque Those with fans and flaque
Si tiener merecimiento If you deserve
Van y volver a la iglesia They go and go back to church
Y olvidan los mandamientos, si And they forget the commandments, yeah
Habrase visto la insolecia You would have seen the insolence
Barbárie y alevosía Barbarism and treachery
De apresentar el trabuco To present the blunderbuss
Y matar a sangre fría And kill in cold blood
Aquél piensar no tiene That thinking does not have
Con las dos manos vacía, si With both hands empty, yes
La carta que ha recebido The letter that he has received
Me pide contestación ask me for a reply
Yo pido que se propaguen I ask that they spread
Por toda la población for the entire population
Que León és un sanguinário That León is a bloodthirsty
En toda la generación, si In the whole generation, yeah
Por suerte tengo guitarra Luckily I have a guitar
Para llorar mí dolor to cry my pain
También tengo nueve hermanos I also have nine brothers
Fuera de él que se engrilló Outside of him who shackled
Todos son comunistas they are all communists
Con el favor de mí Diós, siWith the favor of my God, yes
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