Guantanamera Lyrics
Guantanamera is a song with lyrics that inspire Top Pun, particularly the phrase, "With the poor people of this earth, I want to share my lot."
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crecen las palmas
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crecen las palmas
Y antes de morirme quiero
Echar mis versos del alma
(I am a truthful man,
From the land of the palm.
Before dying, I want to
share these poems of my soul.)
CHORUS (AFTER EACH VERSE):
Guantanamera! Guajira!
Guantanamera!
Guantanamera! Guajira!
Guantanamera!
Mi verso es de un verde claro
Y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es de un verde claro
Y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es un ciervo herido
Que busca en el monte amparo
(My verses are light green,
But they are also flaming red.
My verses are like a wounded fawn,
Seeking refuge in the mountain.)
Cultivo la Rosa blanca
En junio como en enero
Cultivo la Rosa blanca
En junio como en enero
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca
(I cultivate a white rose
In June and in January
For the sincere friend
Who gives me his hand.)
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo
Cultivo la rosa blanca
(And for the cruel one who would tear out
This heart with which I live.
I cultivate neither thistles nor nettles
I cultivate a white rose.)
Con los pobres de la tierra
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
Con los pobres de la tierra
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
El arroyo de la sierra
Me complace mas que el mar
(With the poor people of this earth,
I want to share my lot.
The little streams of the mountains
Please me more than the sea.)
Original lyrics and music by Jose Fernandez Diaz (Joseito Fernandez)
Music arranged and adapted by Julian Orbon, Hector Angulo and Pete Seeger
Words (verses) by Jose Marti, lyrics adapted by Julian Orbon (1949)
©1963,1965 (Renewed) Fall River Music, Inc (BMI) |
