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Guantanamera ("The girl from Guantánamo") is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song. The lyrics are based on the first poem in the collection Simple Verses by Cuban nationalist poet José Martí, adapted by Julian Orban. The music was composed by Fernandez Dias. There are many versions of this song but the definitive one was written with one verse by Martí from his poem "Yo Soy Un Hombre Sincero".
Yo soy un hombre sincero I am a truthful man
De donde crecen las palmas From the land of palm trees
Y antes de morirme quiero And before dying I want
Echar mis versos del alma To share these verses of my soul
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Mi verso es de un verde claro My verse is light green
Y de un carmín encendido And it is flaming red
Mi verso es un ciervo herido My verse is a wounded stag
Que busca en el monte amparo Who seeks refuge on the mountain
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Cultivo una rosa blanca I'll grow a white rose
En julio como en enero In July just like in January
Para el amigo sincero For the honest friend
Que me da su mano franca Who gives me his open hand
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Con los pobres de la tierra With the poor people of the earth
Quiero yo mi suerte echar I want to share my happiness/fate
El arroyo de la sierra The runnel of the mountains
Me complace más que el mar Gives me more pleasure than the ocean
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Other versions of the song
French version:
Guantanamera, ma ville, Guantanamera
Guantanamera, ma ville, Guantanamera
C'était un homme en deroute
C'était un frere sans doute
Il n'avait ni liens, ni place
Et sur les routes de l'exil
Sur les sentiers, sur les places
Il me parlait de sa ville
Guantanamera, ma ville, Guantanamera
Guantanamera, ma ville, Guantanamera
Il me reste toute la terre
Mais je n'en demandais pas autant
Quand j'ai passe la frontière
Il n'y avait plus rien devant
J'allais d'escale en escale
Loin de ma terre natale
Guantanamera is also the name of a 1995 film from Cuba, directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío.
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