A Sandino
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
To Sandino
They called him a bandit for looking straight at the sun,
He loved his people so much, he didn't want to be president,
He learned from the mountains and their animal kingdom
that we must kill the snake and its deadly poison.
And he left, and he left, there were thirty with him,
and he went, and he went, there were thirty with him.
Leaving the house, the cornfield, is screwed but it is good,
For thinking towards Sandino they called him a bandit,
Well, his army of barefoot children, women and men
I loved my land so much, my land Nicaragua.
And he left, and he left, there were thirty with him,
and he went, and he went, there were thirty with him.
How cute the classmate looks
guarding the guerrilla camp!
How beautiful a mazurka sounds
going down the hills with the buglers
in the early morning.
How beautiful "La Adelita" sounds
that Pedrón sings with his battalion
heading to Guaslala.
And if Adelita went with someone else,
I would follow her by land and by sea
yes by sea on a warship,
yes by land on a military train.
They called him a bandit for looking straight at the sun,
He loved his people so much, he didn't want to be president,
He learned from the mountains and their animal kingdom
that we must kill the snake and its deadly poison.
And he left, and he left, there were thirty with him... [6]
