Si Se Calla El Cantor

Horacio Guarany
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Si Se Calla El Cantor

If the singer is silent


Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida,

If the singer is silent, life is silent

porque la vida misma es toda un canto.

because life itself is an entire song.


Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto,

If the singer is silent, fear dies,

la esperanza, la luz y la alegría.

hope, light, and joy die.


Si se calla el cantor, se quedan solos

If the singer is silent, the humble sparrows

los humildes gorriones, de los diarios.

of the newspapers are left alone.


Los obreros del puerto, se persignan,

The port workers cross themselves,

quién habrá de luchar, por sus salarios.

who will fight for their wages?


Qué ha de ser de la vida, si el que canta,

What will become of life if the one who sings

no levanta su voz en las tribunas.

does not raise his voice in the stands?


Por el que sufre, por el que no hay

For the one who suffers, for the one who has

ninguna razón que lo condene a andar sin manta.

no reason to walk without a blanket.


Si se calla el cantor, muere la rosa,

If the singer is silent, the rose dies,

de qué sirve la rosa, sin el canto.

what good is the rose without the song.


Debe el cantor ser luz, sobre los campos,

The singer must be a light over the fields,

iluminando siempre, a los de abajo.

always illuminating those below.


Que no calle el cantor porque el silencio cobarde,

Let the singer not be silent because cowardly silence

apaña la maldad, que oprime.

harbors the evil that oppresses.


No saben los cantores de agachadas,

Singers do not know about bending down,

no callarán jamás de frente al crimen.

they will never be silent in the face of crime.


Que se levanten todas las banderas

Let all flags be raised

cuando el cantor se plante con su grito.

when the singer stands with his cry.


Que mil guitarras desangren en la noche,

May a thousand guitars bleed in the night,

una inmortal canción al infinito.

an immortal song to the infinite.


Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida.

If the singer is silent, life is silent.

Moderated by Manuel González
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana December 11, 2024
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