Creo En Vos (Ofertorio de La Misa Campesina)
Carlos Mejia Godoy
I Believe In You (Offering of the Peasant Mass)
I believe firmly, Lord
That from your prodigious mind
All this world was born
That from your hand of artist
Of primitive painter
Beauty flourished
The stars and the Moon
The little houses, the lagoons
The little boats sailing
On the river towards the sea
The immense coffee plantations
The white cotton fields
And the forests mutilated
By the criminal axe
The immense coffee plantations
The white cotton fields
And the forests mutilated
By the criminal axe
I believe in you
Architect, engineer
Craftsman, carpenter
Mason and builder
I believe in you
Builder of thought
Of music and wind
Of peace and love
I believe in you, Worker Christ
Light of light and true
Only begotten of God
Who to save the world
In the humble and pure womb
Of Mary was incarnated
I believe you were beaten
With scorn tortured
Martyred on the cross
Being Pilate the pretor
The imperialist Roman
Damn and heartless
Who washing his hands
Wanted to erase the mistake
The imperialist Roman
Damn and heartless
Who washing his hands
Wanted to erase the mistake
I believe in You, companion
Human Christ, Worker Christ
Victor over death
With your immense sacrifice
You engendered the new man
For liberation
You are resurrecting
In every raised arm
To defend the people
From exploitative rule
Because you are alive in the ranch
In the factory, in the school
I believe in your relentless struggle
I believe in your resurrection
Because you are alive in the ranch
In the factory, in the school
I believe in your relentless struggle
I believe in your resurrection
