Quiero Cantar Para Ti

I want to sing for you
This song that speaks of what I feel
And it’s not just singing for the sake of it
I do it because it comes from my soul
God has given me the voice
To express with love
Sounds of my land
Like this huaino that today
Springs from my heart
And it’s my whole life

I sing because I learned it
And I inherited it from my good mother
I sing because I was born
In a paradise called Ayacucho
It’s a land of love
That fights to live
And forget sorrows
And that popular warmth
Is the vital stream
That nourishes my song

I was born to sing
Maybe because God willed it
I want to sing to my people
Because that’s how it comes to me
With all the passion
To make us dream
That together we have
A better world