roster 31
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 14:51
José Martí (El Libertador de Cuba) is the author of the poem (poems), not a performer.
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Translation
Guantanamera
I am a truthful man,
From the land of the palm.
Before dying, I want to
Share these poems of my soul.
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
My verses are light green,
But they are also flaming red.
My verses are like a wounded fawn,
Seeking refuge in the mountain.
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
I cultivate a white rose
In June and in January
For the sincere friend
Who gives me his hand.
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
And for the cruel one who would tear out
This heart with which I live.
I cultivate neither thistles nor nettles
I cultivate a white rose.
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
I know about a fatal evil
Among the unspeakable shames:
The enslavement of human beings
Is the great shame of the world!
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
With the poor people of this earth,
I want to share my lot.
With the poor people of this earth,
I want to share my lot.
The little streams of the mountains
Please me more than the sea.
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
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Lobolyrix on 2017-02-02Last edited by Lobolyrix on 2017-02-03
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Comments
roster 31
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 14:51
Aldefina
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 16:29
He is listed as an artist, not a performer: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jos%C3%A9-mart%C3%AD-lyrics.html
That's the way how our software works, we cannot separate poets from singers - they are all listed in the same category - and I'm not sure whether that would be a good idea. I have submitted one poem of Andrzej Waligórski, as a poem. He wrote it just before his death knowing that those were his last days. I also posted a video with a song, but it was never intended to be a song (the same story with José Martí). The song was recorded few years after his death.
I think we should leave it as it is. I believe it's better this way.
Lobolyrix
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 17:20
Hello Rosa, for a moment I was irritated, me too, to find the well known 'Libertador de Cuba' listed as an 'artist' - never heard that he performed any songs... :). But Andrzej is right, we translate here songs as well as poems. And please note, you can find here even Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Johann W. von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, all them listed as 'artists...
Maybe that editors sometimes should draw a better distinction between 'artists' and 'performers', this could prevent confusions.
Aldefina
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 17:42
Exactly, Wolfgang, you're right. We may introduce same changes in the software and separate poets from singers, but this may cause new problems e.g. we should add a new field "Lyrics written by".
I don't think it is needed, because we deal mostly with songs.
Something else: I have a problem - our forum looks very strange for me and it's not possible to add a comment. Probably also the private chat stopped working, because nobody answers me and when I open a new tab the messages that I sent are not visible, so probably they weren't sent.
Lobolyrix
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 18:12
Hello Andrzej, a new field "Lyrics written by" - to me, it seems a very good idea!
As for your problem, I can't help you myself, because I didn't haunt in any forum up to the present. But I propose, you contact Hans (> Hansi K_Lauer), he has a lot of experience in this area :).
Candice Goddard
Tue, 02/02/2021 - 20:25
Isn't the description of a guajira incorrect?
It currently states: "Guajira: Female (white) peasant in Cuba as well as the Cuban music style Guajira" but how can that be accurate when the Guajiro people are Amerindians?
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