Canto al hombre

(Alfredo Gravina is the author of the text and Federico García Vigil and Manuel Guardia the co-authors of the music Milonga Air)

(A.G.)
We sing to the man of flesh and blood and lymph, to the one who works, who creates wealth for the sustenance of the body and spirit, to the man who works, but is dispossessed, dispossessed because what he gives is much more than what he receives, and what he receives is much less than what he needs. We sing to the ultimate dispossessed, to the beaten and outraged by the deaf cataclysm of unemployment, to the one who looks at his stiff hands and cries out of helplessness and rage. We sing to everyone, because everyone wants to change, because they are changing, because they are the people, and the People change, and the homeland will change; thus we will honor Artigas, who did not speak of fate, but of unity: Unite, dear compatriots, and be sure of victory...

(A.Z.)
Sing, sing to the man of this land,
I will always sing following his voice.
Walk, walk, find it wherever it goes,
because it is already a complete and standing voice.

A voice that will not fade,
because the people are the voice and the ear.
A voice that will not fade,
in the workshop or at home.
A voice that will not fade,
because it is the flesh of the people's fire.
A voice that will not fade,
because the coming time will
collect that voice.

The ear in the man, in the worker of the crane, the forge, the cold room, the sea, the heights, and the underground. The ear in the man of the field, the one who operates the plow tractor and the reins of the colt. The ear in those who tire the books, not for their poor splendor, but for the splendor of the homeland. The ear in the man of art, science, technology, professions, and trades; who make the future of the people, their own future. The ear in the daily struggle of all, the ear and the voice...

Sing, sing to the man of the future,
you don't see him... in the fight you will see him.
He is already, he is already being born the new man,
a carnation in my hand for him.

A voice that will not fade,
because the people are the voice and the ear.
A voice that will not fade,
in the workshop or at home.
A voice that will not fade,
because it is the flesh of the people's fire.
A voice that will not fade,
because the coming time will
collect that voice.

A voice that will not fade,
because it is the flesh of the people's fire.
From one place to another place,
everything is wind in the time of the people.
A voice that will not fade,
because it is the flesh of the people's fire.