The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8097   Message #2094206
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
04-Jul-07 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Allende (Don Lange)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Allende (Don Laing)
I don't have that one but I have lots of Victor Jara songs. A while ago I translated Luchin for someone but can't now find it.

Here's Canto Libre instead:



A               A7                                             A
El verso es una paloma que busca donde anida
estalla y abre sus allas para volar y volar

    A                         E                D         A    E
Mi canto es un canto libre que se quiere regalar
A quien estreche su mano a quien quiere disparar               

                                                            A    E
Mi canto es una cadena sin comienzo ni final

       A                         E                        D      A       E
y en cada eslabón se encuentra el canto de los demás


sigamos cantando juntos
a toda la humanidad
que el canto es una paloma
que vuela para encontrar
estalla y abre sus alas
para volar y volar


My words are a dove
looking for a place to nest
exploding, spreading its wings
to fly and fly and fly

My song is a free song
It wants to give itself
to anyone who holds out a hand
to anyone who wants to shoot.

My song is a chain
without beginning or end
and in every link you'll find
the song of all the other people

Let's go on singing together
to everyone on earth
sing that the song is a dove
flying, reaching out
exploding, spreading its wings
to fly and fly and fly.

(chords are from memory as I've broken 3 strings . . . )