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Vientos Del Pueblo - Victor Jara

from When We Stand Together by Magpie

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The great Chilean singer-poet and political activist Victor Jara was murdered by Augusto Pinochet’s henchmen in September of 1973 after he was brutally tortured. In the years leading up to the coup, as he became more politically active and supportive of progressive causes, particularly aligning himself with Salvador Allende, Victor’s national and international profile was elevated, making him the preeminent artist on the political left, but also
making him one of the most important targets of those who seized power. All along he knew the killers were “knocking on his door,” and the words to this great anthem of the people are prescient and prophetic. Indeed, the poet still goes on singing with power greater than that of the oppressors. Victor Jara...presenté!

“Vientos del Pueblo” was recorded by Ron Freeland and is from Magpie’s CD Raise Your Voice.

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De nuevo quieren manchar mi tierra con sangre obrera Los que hablan de libertad y tienen las manos negras Los que quieren dividir a la madre de sus hijos
Y quieren reconstruir la cruz que arrastrara Cristo
Once more they want to stain my country with worker’ s blood those who talk of liberty and whose hands are blackened those who wish to separate the mother from her sons
and want to reconstruct the cross which Christ bore

Quieren ocultar la infamia que legaron desde siglos Pero el color de asesinos no borraran de su cara
Ya fueron miles y miles los que entregaron su sangre Y en caudales generosos multiplicaron los panes
They want to hide the infamy, their legacy from the centuries but the color of murderers cannot be wiped from their faces Already thousands and thousands have sacrificed their blood and its generous streams have multiplied the loaves

Ahora quiero vivir junto a mi hijo y mi hermano
La primavera que todos vamos construyendo a diario No me asusta la amenaza patrones de la miseria
La estrella de la esperanza continuara siendo nuestra
Now I want to live beside my son and my brother
building the springtime on which we all work every day. You can’t scare me with your threats you masters of misery The star of hope continues to be ours

Vientos del pueblo me llaman, vientos del pueblo me lleman
Me esparacen el corazon y me avientan la garganta Asi cantara el poeta mientras el alma me suene
Por los caminos del pueblo desde ahora y para siempre
Winds of the people speak to me; winds of the people carry me they scatter my heart and blow through my throat
so the poet will go on singing as long as my soul has the power down the roads of the people both now and forever.

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from When We Stand Together, released July 23, 2022
words and music by Victor Jara

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