Cantadora

There's a songstress
Back in my town
Who between her lips
Has the heart of the wind

She carries
The drum in her heartbeat
She sings to sow memory and not forgetfulness

In her blood (in her blood)
In her voice (in her voice)
Women bring plural songs
In her blood (in her blood)
In her voice (in her voice)
Various songs
They neither keep nor hide, (they share and sow)

Sing, sing, songstress
Let the fire be felt, songstress
Sing, sing, songstress
May history and freedom resound in your voice

To dreams, to longings
Singing without fear
Rebellious song, memory song
Songstress of dreams

Like the grandmothers
Like the ancestors
They sing to break the silence
One, two, three songs to the town
One, two, three songs to joy, to the soul

She carries the drum in her heartbeat
She sings to sow memory and not forgetfulness
She carries the drum in her heartbeat
The heart also heals by singing

Sing, sing, songstress
Let the fire be felt, songstress
Sing, sing, songstress
May history and freedom resound in your voice

Sing to the rivers, songstress
Sing to the Moon, songstress
All voices together, songstress