Manifiesto [English translation]

I don't sing just to sing

nor for having a good voice,

I sing because the guitar

has meaning and reason.

It has the heart of the land

and the wings of small doves,

it is like blessed water,

it blesses glory and pain.

Here did my song fit,

like Violeta said,1

hard-working guitar

with a scent of spring.

Because it is not a guitar of riches

nor things, like it seems.

My song is that of scaffolds,

for reaching the stars.

Because the song has meaning

when there palipates in my veins...

from which it will die singing

... the true truths.

Not the fleeting flattery

nor the foreign fame,

but rather the song of a market

towards the back of the land.

There where everything goes

and everything begins,

the song that has been brave

will always be the new song,

will always be the new song,

will always be the new song...

1. Probably a reference to Violeta Parra (1917-1967), another famous exponent of Nueva Canción Chilena.

• Artist:Victor Jara
• Album:Manifiesto (1974)