Si Se Calla El Cantor

If the singer is silenced, life is silenced
Because life itself is just a song
If the singer is silenced, hope, light, and joy die of fright

If the singer is silenced, the humble sparrows of 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 tribune
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 how to bow down
They will never be silent in the face of crime

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

If the singer is silenced, life is silenced