Si Se Calla El Cantor

If the singer is silenced, life is silenced
because life, life itself is a whole song
if the singer is silenced, die 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 salary.

If the singer is silenced, the rose dies
what good is the rose without the song
the song must be light over the fields
always illuminating those below.

Let the singer not be silent because silence
cowardly shelters the evil that oppresses,
the singers do not know about hiding
they will never be silent in the face of crime.

If the singer is silenced... life is silenced.