Me Gustan Los Estudiantes
Violeta Parra
I Like Students
Long live the students
Garden of our joy!
They are birds that are not scared
Of animals or police
And they are not afraid of bullets
Or the barking of the pack
Wow and zamba the thing
Long live astronomy!
Long live the students
Who roar like the winds
When they are whispered
Cassocks and regiments
Libertarian little birds
Just like the elements
Wow and zamba the thing
Long live the experiments!
I like students
Because they stand tall
When they are told it's flour
Knowing it's really bran
And they don't play deaf and dumb
When the fact is presented
Wow and zamba the thing
The code of Law!
I like students
Because they are the yeast
Of the bread that will come out of the oven
With all its flavor
For the mouth of the poor
Who eats with bitterness
Wow and zamba the thing
Long live literature!
I like students
Who march over the ruins
With flags held high
The whole student body goes
They are chemists and doctors
Surgeons and dentists
Wow and zamba the thing
Long live the specialists!
I like students
Who go to the laboratory
Discovering what is hidden
Inside the confessional
They already have a great cart
That reached Purgatory
Wow and zamba the thing
The explanatory books!
I like students
Who with very clear eloquence
To the sacred black bag
Lowered the indulgences
Because, how long will it last
Gentlemen, the penance?
Wow and zamba the thing
Long live all science!