Si Se Calla El Cantor (part. Mercedes Sosa)

If the singer is silenced, life is silenced
Because life, life itself, is a whole song
If the singer is silenced, hope dies of fright
Hope, light, and joy

If the singer is silenced, the humble sparrows
From the newspapers are left alone
The port workers cross themselves
Who will fight for their wages

What will become of life if the one who sings
Does not raise his voice in the stands
For those who suffer, for those who have
No reason to walk without a blanket

If the singer is silenced, the rose dies
What good is the rose without the song
The song must be a light over the fields
Always illuminating those below

Let the singer not be silenced, because silence
Cowardly shelters the evil that oppresses
Singers do not know about hiding
They will never be silent in the face of crime

Let all the flags be raised
When the singer stands with his shout
May a thousand guitars bleed in the night
An immortal song to infinity

If the singer is silenced, life is silenced