Commandante Che Guevara [orig. Hasta Siempre, Comandante] [English translation]

We are left with what was good and what was clear:

You were always so transparent,

Showing love and hate, but never fear

Commandante Che Guevara.

The enemy feared you, but our love was with you

at the front of the battle, where death laughs,

where the people saw an end to tyranny.

Now you are gone and yet remain in us.

We are left with what was good and what was clear:

You were always so transparent,

Showing love and hate, but never fear

Commandante Che Guevara.

And you were never a haughty man,

no big shot with an eye for riches.

From the desk, the hero plays

in tidy fatigues and outdated decorations.

We are left with what was good and what was clear:

You were always so transparent,

Showing love and hate, but never fear

Commandante Che Guevara.

Now, you knew the poor of the world

need more than just to eat.

And you never forgot,

that man is born of man.

We are left with what was good and what was clear:

You were always so transparent

Showing love and hate, but never fear

Commandante Che Guevara.

Wearing the red-starred jacket,

Smoking a cigar,

Jesus Christ with a machine gun

This was the figure we followed to the fight.

We are left with what was good and what was clear:

You were always so transparent

Showing love and hate, but never fear

Commandante Che Guevara.

• Artist:Wolf Biermann
• Album:Es gibt ein Leben vor dem Tod (1975)