Credo

Carlos Mejía Godoy

Originale	English translation by Riccardo Venturi
CREDO	MY CREED
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.