Originale | English translation by Riccardo Venturi
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CREDO | MY CREED |
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Creo señor firmemente | My Lord, I firmly believe |
Que de tu pródiga mente | that all of this world was born |
Todo este mundo nació | from your generous mind, |
Que de tu mano de artista | that beauty blossomed out |
De pintor primitivista | from your hands of an artist, |
La belleza floreció | of a naive painter. |
Las estrellas y la luna | The stars and the moon, |
las casitas las lagunas | the small houses, the lagoon |
Los barquitos navegando | the small boats sailing |
Sobre el río rumbo al mar | on the river to the sea, |
Los inmensos cafetales, | the immense coffee plantations, |
Los blancos algodonales | the white cotton plantations |
Y los bosques mutilados | and the forests that the axes |
Por el hacha criminal | of some criminals destroy, |
Los inmensos cafetales | the immense coffee plantations, |
Los blancos algodonales | the white cotton plantations |
Y los bosques mutilados | and the forests that the axes |
Por el hacha criminal | of some criminals destroy. |
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Creo en vos | I believe in You, |
Arquitecto, ingeniero | You the architect, the engineer, |
Artesano, carpintero | You the craftsman, the carpenter, |
Albañil y armador | the caulker and the blacksmith |
Creo en vos | I believe in You, |
Constructor de pensamiento | You, the builder of thoughts, |
De la música y el viento | builder of music and wind, |
De la paz y del amor | builder of peace and love. |
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Yo creo en vos Cristo obrero | I believe in You, Jesus the Worker, |
Luz de luz y verdadero | light of light and true |
Unigénito de Dios | only-begotten son of God, |
Que para salvar al mundo | who became incarnated |
En el vientre humilde y puro | in Mary's pure and humble womb |
De María se encarnó | to save and redeem the world. |
Creo que fuiste golpeado | I believe You were beaten |
Con escarnio torturado | and tortured most cruelly, |
En la cruz martirizado | then martyred on the cross |
Siendo Pilatos pretor | under Pilate's rule, |
El romano imperialista | that imperialist Roman, |
Puñetero desalmado | that inhuman oppressor |
Que lavándose las manos | who tried to wipe out his fault |
Quiso borrar el error | by washing his hands, |
El romano imperialista | that imperialist Roman, |
Puñetero y desalmado | that inhuman oppressor |
Que lavándose las manos | who tried to wipe out his fault |
Quiso borrar el error | by washing his hands. |
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Creo en vos, | I believe in You, |
Arquitecto ingeniero | You the architect, the engineer, |
Artesano carpintero | You the craftsman, the carpenter, |
Albañil y armador | the caulker and the blacksmith |
Creo en vos | I believe in You, |
constructor de pensamiento | You, the builder of thoughts, |
De la música y el viento | builder of music and wind, |
De la paz y del amor | builder of peace and love. |
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Yo creo en vos compañero, | I believe in You, Comrade, |
Cristo humano, Cristo obrero, | Jesus the Man, Jesus the Worker, |
de la muerte vencedor. | You the winner of Death. |
Con tu sacrificio inmenso | By Your enormous sacrifice |
engendraste al hombre nuevo | the New Man was generated |
para la liberación. | bound for liberation. |
Vos estás resucitando | You are rising again |
en cada brazo que se alza | in the arms of all who rise |
para defender al pueblo | to defend the people against |
del dominio explotador. | the rulers' exploitation |
Porque estás vivo en el rancho, | for You are living in the farm, |
en la fábrica, en la escuela, | in the factory, in the school |
creo en tu lucha sin tregua | I believe in Your truceless struggle, |
creo en tu resurrección, | I believe in Your resurrection |
porque estás vivo en el rancho, | for You are living in the farm, |
en la fábrica, en la escuela, | in the factory, in the school |
creo en tu lucha sin tregua | I believe in Your truceless struggle, |
creo en tu resurrección. | I believe in Your resurrection |
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Creo en vos | I believe in You, |
Arquitecto ingeniero | You the architect, the engineer, |
Artesano carpintero | You the craftsman, the carpenter, |
Albañil y armador | the caulker and the blacksmith |
Creo en vos | I believe in You, |
constructor de pensamiento | You, the builder of thoughts, |
De la música y el viento | builder of music and wind, |
De la paz y del amor. | builder of peace and love. |