Patria

Hace algún tiempo me preguntaba un chiquillo

Some time ago, a young boy asked me

Por el significado de la palabra patria

About the meaning of the word homeland

Me sorprendió con su pregunta

I was surprised by his question

Y con el alma en la garganta

And with my soul in my throat

Le dije así

I told him like this

¡Flor de barrio, hermanito!

Neighborhood flower, little brother!

¡Patria son tantas cosas bellas!

Homeland is so many beautiful things!

Como aquel viejo árbol de que nos habla aquel poema

Like that old tree that a poem tells us about

Como el cariño que aún guardas después de muerta abuela

Like the love you still keep after your grandmother has died

¡Patria, son tantas cosas bellas!

Homeland, there are so many beautiful things!

Son las paredes de un barrio

It's the walls of a neighborhood

Es su esperanza morena: Es lo que lleva en el alma todo aquel cuando se aleja

It's their brown hope: It's what everyone carries in their soul when they leave

Son los mártires que gritan, bandera, bandera, bandera, bandera

It's the martyrs who shout, flag, flag, flag, flag

No memorices lecciones de dictaduras o encierros

Don't memorize lessons from dictatorships or confinements

La patria no la define

The homeland is not defined by

Los que suprimen a un pueblo

Those who suppress a people

La patria es un sentimiento en la mirada de viejo

The homeland is a feeling in the gaze of an old person

Sol de eterna primavera risa de hermanita nueva

Sun of eternal spring, laughter of a new little sister

Te contesto, hermanito

I answer you, little brother

¡Patria son tantas cosas bellas!

Homeland is so many beautiful things!