Canto De Meditacion
Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
Meditation Song
Before the day is born
the birds of the mountain
they give us their melodies,
the güises and zenzontes,
the sound of pecking
of a woodpecker is heard,
who on the tip of a tree
builds his house, where he will live,
and a little sparrow jumps
from one branch to another, very close by.
Like these little birds today I sing to you, Lord,
asking you to unite us in strength and love,
I praise you a thousand times
because you were rebellious,
fighting night and day
against the injustice of humanity,
fighting night and day
against the injustice of humanity.
A thousand united peasants we sing to you,
we come down from the hills
with our saddlebags full of love,
for being the pencón, the pencón,
the guide and justiciar,
for being the tayacán,
the tayacán of my entire people,
for being the tayacán,
the tayacán of my entire people.
Let the pijules, zanates, and pocoyos sing,
let the chichilotes come,
the saltapiñuelas and the alcaraván
let the hummingbird sing
canaries and chocoyos
together with the macuá, cua, cua, cua,
let everyone sing happily,
together with the macuá, cua, cua, cua,
let everyone sing happily,
together with the macuá, cua, cua, cua,
let everyone sing happily.
