Rojo, Amarillo y Verde
Juan Enrique Jurado
Red, Yellow and Green
I want to sing this cueca for my beloved South American
And for my beloved Bolivia
Singing just to sing, it's not necessary to sing
What good is a good voice if your song is empty
What good is a good voice if your song is empty
Living just to live, it's not necessary to live
There has to be a reason, you have to fight for it
There has to be a reason, you have to fight for it
I live and sing to my homeland, because I carry it within me
Red, yellow, and green is the tone of my voice
Red, yellow, and green is the tone of my voice
To you, Mr. citizen, inhabitant of my homeland
Farmer or soldier, student or industrial worker
Peasant, provincial, and the restless city dweller
To all I say friends, that this land we inhabit
We must respect it, because it's the one that gives us everything
And only asks us to love it
And if we want to leave a future, a tomorrow for our children
We all must put our shoulder to take care of it
I know that from outside comes the wheat, also the chemical waste
And that with two or three gifts they always want to control us
Imposing conditions, with dark intentions
Claiming their greatness, saying there is poverty here!
They would like to have our jungle, our rivers, our mountains and plains
Our imposing highlands and the air we breathe
Fertile land of strong men. Do you see my dear brothers?
This wealth is immense, and that's why outsiders
Are interested in my land
They are studying peasants, with knowledgeable psychologists
Why don't they come to study their grandmother!
Who until now has not understood that this Earth is ours
And not of the meddlers
Singing just to sing, it's not necessary to sing
What good is a good voice if your song is empty
What good is a good voice if your song is empty
Living just to live, it's not necessary to live
There has to be a reason, you have to fight for it
There has to be a reason, you have to fight for it
I live and sing to my homeland, because I carry it within me
Red, yellow, and green is the tone of my voice
Red, yellow, and green is the tone of my voice
