Pete Seeger Guantanamera Lyrics

Pd... (Introduccion en inglés sobre Martí)
Jose Martin was born in 1852
When he was 17 years old
He was active in the Cuban Liberation Movement
and he was exiled by the Spanish government
He spent most of his life in exile including 12 years in New York City
He wrote 70 books, poetry, novels, polemics

Pd... He's one of the greatest writers in Spanish language
At the age of 42 he went back to Cuba
This is one of his last poems because he was killed within the year in an aborted uprising
After he died people put it to a popular tune

Pd... [Chorus]:
Guantanamera Guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera Guajira Guantanamera

Pd... Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crecen las palmas
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crecen las palmas
Y antes de morirme quiero
Echar mis versos del alma

Pd... [Chorus]

Pd... Mi verso es de un verde claro
Y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es de un verde claro
Y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es un ciervo herido
Que busca en el monte amparo

Pd... [Chorus]

Pd... The words mean
I am a truthful man from the land of the palm trees
And before dying I want to share these poems of my soul
My poems are soft green, my poems are also flaming crimson
My poems are like a wounded fawn seeking refuge in the forest

Pd... The last verse says
Con los pobres de la tierra
With the poor people of this earth
I want to share my faith
The streams of the mountains pleases me more than the sea

Pd... Con los pobres de la tierra
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
Con los pobres de la tierra
Quiero yo mi suerte echar
El arroyo de la sierra
Me complace mas que el mar

Pd... [Chorus] ...Pd.
...Pd...

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