Gun against gun
The silence of the forest
is preparing a goodbye.
The word that will be said
in memoriam is explosion.
He was lost,
the man of this century, there.
His first name and his last name are
Gun against gun.
It broke,
the shell of the wind to the south,
and on the first cross,
truth awakened.
All the Third World
buries its sorrow,
with a hail of lead,
it will hollow out its place of honor,
its song.
They will leave
the body of life there.
His first name and his last name are
Gun against gun.
They will sing
their mourning song of man and animal,
and instead of tears
they will cry lead.
They will lift the man
from the tomb toward the sun,
and between them
they will share his name:
Gun against gun.
is preparing a goodbye.
The word that will be said
in memoriam is explosion.
He was lost,
the man of this century, there.
His first name and his last name are
Gun against gun.
It broke,
the shell of the wind to the south,
and on the first cross,
truth awakened.
All the Third World
buries its sorrow,
with a hail of lead,
it will hollow out its place of honor,
its song.
They will leave
the body of life there.
His first name and his last name are
Gun against gun.
They will sing
their mourning song of man and animal,
and instead of tears
they will cry lead.
They will lift the man
from the tomb toward the sun,
and between them
they will share his name:
Gun against gun.
(1968)
Versión de Silvio Rodríguez
Idiomas
Esta canción aparece en la discografía de
LO + LEÍDO
1.
«Canción de luz», un homenaje colectivo a Ángel Quintero a través de once nuevas versiones de su repertorio
[24/11/2025]
Canción de luz. Homenaje a Ángel Quintero, producido por los Estudios Ojalá y licenciado por Bis Music, reúne once composiciones del repertorio del trovador fallecido en abril de 2024, interpretadas por destacadas voces de la música cubana como Silvio Rodríguez, Miriam Ramos, Frank Delgado o Eduardo Sosa.