Guantanamera (The girl from Guantánamo)

(J. Marti, adapted by H. Angulo, Pete Seeger)

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

Yo soy un hombre sincero,
De donde crece la palma,
Yo soy un hombre sincero,
De donde crece la palma,
Y antes de morirme quiero
Echar mis versos del alma

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

Mi verso es de un verde claro,
Y de un carmín encendido,
Mi verso es de un verde claro,
Y de un carmin encendido,
Mi verso es un cierro herido
Que busca en el monte amparo.

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

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.

Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera
Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera

I am a truthful man,
From where the palm trees grow,
I am a truthful man,
From where the palm trees grow,
And before dying I want
To let out the verses of my soul

Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera
Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera

My verse is light green
And it is flaming red
My verse is light green
And it is flaming red
My verse is a wounded stag
Who seeks refuge on the mountain

Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera
Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera

With the poor people of the earth
I want to share my luck
With the poor people of the earth
I want to share my luck
The stream of the mountains
Gives me more pleasure than the sea

Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera
Guantanamera, peasant woman Guantanamera