Silvio Rodríguez "Playa Girón" lyrics

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Playa Girón

Compañeros poetas,tomando en cuentalos últimos sucesos en la poesía,quisiera preguntar —me urge—,qué tipo de adjetivos se deben usarpara hacer el poema de un barcosin que se haga sentimental,fuera de la vanguardiao evidente panfleto,si debo usar palabrascomo Flota Cubana de Pescay «Playa Girón».

Compañeros de música,tomando en cuenta esas politonalesy audaces canciones,quisiera preguntar —me urge—,qué tipo de armonía se debe usarpara hacer la canción de este barcocon hombres de poca niñez,hombres y solamente hombres sobre cubierta,hombres negros y rojos y azules,los hombres que pueblan el «Playa Girón».

Compañeros de Historia,tomando en cuenta lo implacableque debe ser la verdad,quisiera preguntar —me urge tanto—,qué debiera decir, qué fronteras debo respetar.Si alguien roba comida y después da la vida¿qué hacer?¿Hasta dónde debemos practicar las verdades?¿Hasta dónde sabemos?Que escriban, pues, la historia, su historia,los hombres del «Playa Girón».

Girón Beach

My fellow poets,Taking into accountThe latest trends in poetry,If you would allow me to ask (I feel that I must)What kind of adjectives should one use to writeA poem about a ship?Without sounding sentimental,Old fashioned,Or sounding like a polemical pamphletIf I should I use wordsLike Cuban fishing fleetAnd Girón beach

My fellow musicians,Taking into accountToday’s daring polytonal songs,If you would allow me to ask (I feel that I must)What type harmonies should one use to writeThe song about this shipWith men who hardly had a childhoodMen who are just tough sailors on deckMen black, red and blue,The men who populate Girón beach

My companions in historyTaking into accountHow unforgiving the truth must be,If you would allow me to ask (I really feel that I must)What should I say? Which rules should I respect?If someone steals food and then gives up his life,What should we do?How far should we follow these truths?How much do we really know?Well, let them write the story,Their own story, the men of Girón beach

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