18th of may in Madrid

And the city was young
that 18th of May.
Yes, the city was young
on that 18th of May
that I'll never forget.

For a few hours
we managed to feel free,
and he who has felt free
has got more strength to live.

From afar, from afar
arrived all the hopes,
and they seemed to be new,
like new clothes:
from afar we brought them.

For a few hours
we managed to feel free,
and he who has felt free
has got more strength to live.

An old hope
found a voice
in the bodies of thousands of youths
who were singing and are fighting.

I shall never forget,
I shall never forget,
that 18th of May,
I shall never forget,
that 18th of May
in Madrid.