Annotations for Sound: Music

Radio Venceremos is heard from the center of the mountain, transmitting its message with the power of a people in arms. At 6:00 AM its transmission is heard, it's Radio Venceremos and it's the voice of our revolution. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. It’s a powerful radio station, and everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. All the combatants are very motivated because Radio Venceremos has them well-informed. All the combatants are very motivated because Radio Venceremos has them well-informed. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio.

The people, united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated! On foot, singing Because we’re going to triumph. Advance now Flags of unity. And you will come Marching next to mi and in that way you will see your song and your flag flourish. The light of a red dawn now announces the life which will come. On foot, marching The people will triumph. The life that will come Will be better To conquer Our happiness And in one shout A thousand voices in combat will raise Shall sing A song of liberty With determination The homeland will prevail.

The motherland is forging unity. From north to south people will mobilize, from the salt flat hot and mineral to the southern forest, united in the fight and the work, they will go, they will cover the motherland.

…steely are the ardent battalions, their hands go, carrying the justice and the reasoning. Woman, with fire and with courage, now you are here together with the working man. And now the people rise up in the fight with the voice of a giant, shouting: forward!

Come, Let us go now Waiting if not knowing The time has come And there is no time to waste. Come, Let us go now. Waiting if not knowing The time has come And there is no time to waste. Love, In the hands and in the heart, We are all soldiers…

And now the people rises up in the fight with the voice of a giant, shouting: forward! The united people will never be defeated, the united people will never be defeated...

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Ashes are found in the entire departament, ashes from the peasant family houses and their belongings.

This song That I sing to you Is of burnt houses By the imperialist fire Of the Junta and its Armed Forces. This song That I sing to you Is of burnt houses By the imperialist fire Of the Junta and its Armed Forces.

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I want punishment I want punishment I want punishment

Ay, ay, We saw no one pass, The dark night swallows The torrential cries. Ay, ay, The motherland, Is crying.

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Small daughter of mine, Forgive me for falling silent, But this silence is also a scream That reaches all men in the town, That in the early morning Left their lives to make possible Your dream, Daughter of mine.

Small daughter of mine, Who barely begins to feel the passage of time on your girl’s skin And to look at the prints on your firm hands, That kiss mine before sleeping. Small daughter of mine, I love you so much I don’t want to bequeath you the pain of my days, That is why I propose and I’m determined happiness That I sow with my song and it will become your cornstalk, And it will become your cornstalk. Small daughter of mine, When you ask me Who owns the earth? Who owns poetry? Who owns bitterness? Who owns the smile? I kiss your eyes with the utmost tenderness. Small daughter of mine, I must explain to you That the struggle is hard, But the wound is less painful when it is--

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…united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated!

Radio venceremos is heard from the center of the mountain, transmiting its message with the power of a people in arms. At 6:00 AM its transmission is heard, it's Radio Venceremos and it's the voice of our revolution. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. All the combatants are very motivated because Radio Venceremos has them well-informed. All the combatants are very motivated because Radio Venceremos has them well-informed. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio. It’s a powerful radio station, everyone here listens to it, it’s Farabundo Marti’s guerrilla radio.

The people, united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated! The people, united, will never be defeated! On your feet, sing Because we’re going to triumph. Advance now Flags of unity. And you shall come Marching next to me And you shall see Your song and your flag bloom, The light Of a red dawn , Announce now The life that shall come On your feet, march The people will triumph. The life that will come Will be better To conquer Our happiness And in one shout A thousand voices in combat will raise Shall sing A song of liberty With determination The fatherland will prevail. The people, united, will never be defeated The people, united, will never be defeated The people, united, will never be defeated

The fatherland is forging the unity. From north to south people will mobilise, from the salt flat hot and mineral to the southern forest,

The people will prevail The people will prevail Millions now, Impose the truth, They’re made of steel, Heated battle Their hand carry Justice and reason Woman, With fire and bravery You are here now With the peasant. And now the people--

The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated

We will overcome, we will overcome. A thousand chains will have to be broken. We will overcome, we will overcome. Misery we will know how to overcome.

Ashes are found in the entire departament, ashes from the peasant family houses and their belongings. Ashes are found in the entire departament, ashes from the peasant family houses and their belongings. They [the army] have burned magueyes, and also sugarcane and green coffee plants, too. And tree have been left consumed by the imperialist fire, reduced to small quantities of ash that the wind is taking to the United States to cover with evil the murderer president's eyes

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We will give our lives for the fatherland because we will endure liberty. The fatherland in this land we will overcome. Working, day by day, we will live. No more tyrants and assassins.

Come, Salvadoran, let's fight, our fatherland awaits for your freedom, for your freedom, for your freedom.

It's a fight that lasts years, and that is very costly. For decades, thousands of companions for paid with their lives the premium and first payments of our freedom.

Comrade Jacinto, Pedro, Juana, or whatever-your-name-is, you joined the ranks of the ones who never die, of the ones who are always present in the actions of every man and woman in the struggle, of all the tortured, of those who live with hunger, of those who survive by dying in hovels. Comrade, friend of justice, your struggle, and also your death, will bear fruit one of these days. Comrade, the dawn of a new day approaches, a day full of peace, of love and of justice.

We will prevail, we will prevail. A thousand chains will have to be broken. We will prevail, we will prevail.

…will never be defeated. A people united, will never be defeated.

Your song and your flag will see The light bloom in the face of a dawn Announcing the life that will come Marching on foot, the people will triumph The life that will arrive will be better To conquer our happiness And in one shout

...work, they will go, they will cover the fatherland. Now its way announces the future. On foot, singing, the people will triumph. Now millions impose the truth, they're made of steel the scorching battalions, their hands go...

The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated The people, united, shall never be defeated

…will never be defeated! The people united, will never be defeated! The people united…

We will give our lives for the fatherland, We will fight to see her liberated. Peace in this land we will sow, Working day by day, we will live. Tyrants and assassins wil be no more. Children will play in the streets. The winds of justice will return, And they will blow on our people.

Socialism will be our future. All together, we will be history's completion. To fulfill, to fulfill, to fulfill We will prevail, we will prevail A thousand chains we'll have to break, We will prevail, we will prevail We will know how to overcome misery! We will prevail, We will prevail…

Peasants, soldiers, miners, And the women of our country, as well, Students, workers, white-collar and blue, We will fulfill our duty.

All together, we will be history's completion. To fulfill, to fulfill, to fulfill We will prevail, we will prevail! A thousand chains we'll have to break, We will prevail, we will prevail! We will know how to overcome misery! We will prevail, we will prevail! A thousand chains we'll have to break…