A Don José!

Come to that Creole to surround
Surround, surround
The countrymen call him
My general
The countrymen call him
My general
He lights up the darkness
With his voice
And even the stones know
Where he's going
And even the stones know
Where he's going

With freedom, I neither offend nor fear
What Don José!
Oriental in life
And in death as well
Oriental in life
And in death as well

Come to the Indians to form
The squadron
And prepare the dark-skinned
From the heart
And prepare the dark-skinned
From the heart

From bonfire to bonfire
The voice is heard:
If the homeland calls me
Here I am!
If the homeland calls me
Here I am!

With freedom, I neither offend nor fear
What Don José!
Oriental in life
And in death as well
Oriental in life
And in death as well