Alcen La Bandera
Mercedes Sosa
Raise the Flag
Oh! Your time is coming,
Oh! My South America.
Your time is coming,
My South America
with borders of flowers
and rifles of lies.
For the dawn is already here
awakening your dreams
and the darkness clears up,
in the song of my people.
My South America,
stolen damsel,
who gave you your beauty,
who has you so bitter.
If death takes me,
it won't be forever
I revive in my verses
for you, for you.
Say it like I do,
raise the flag and let's conquer liberation today.
Come on, compatriot, let's conquer
liberation now, today liberation.
Say it like I do: liberation now!
Oh! The days are being smelled,
Oh! The airs are ripening.
The days are being smelled,
the airs are ripening
and the eve filled
with militant guitars.
Oh! The beautiful time,
I call it justice
with the people I love
regaining their smile.
