La Argentina Que Yo Quiero

Strong and generous, my Argentina
free and proud to be as it is,
feather, sword, and spear traced its history
every Argentine, sharing glories
in the great gathering that united its people
from the port inwards was an unparalleled feat.

Its borders are open arms,
its flag a symbol of love and brotherhood,
in the presence of every foreigner
if not a representative of arrogance
no power will twist the destiny
marked at birth for being Argentine.

My homeland is sovereign and its rank is of a nation,
it will never be a colony governed from outside,
we want to coexist, but independently,
ready to serve, but not servants,
we will not build a future of peace or real justice,
if we do not start by speaking as equals.

This is the Argentina that I want
that lights the path to freedom,
half a continent fought alongside it
and following its trail became independent,
it is the great homeland that lives latent
that fervently embraces the common cause.

Dignified and respectful, my Argentina
of its own rights and those of others,
when its battle was fought on other shores
it was liberating, not conquering,
this land seeks nothing that is not its own
nor does it sell its honor to anyone.