This is a wonderful sample of Jorge Drexler’s recent work. He has an album available named “Amor and Tinto” (Love and Ink). This song is right about the war between Love and Fear. I LOVE THIS.
Elvis Costello will perform with Jorge Drexler at the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on November 17.
The English translation is available below.
La Guerrilla de la Concordia Letras
Amar es ir a ciegas
El corazón despega, mientras todo arde
Odiar es mucho más sencillo
El odio es el lazarillo
De los cobardes
¡Armémonos!
Armémonos de valor
¡Armémonos!
Armémonos de valor, hasta los dientes
El miedo salió de su fosa y hoy
Amar es cosa de valientes
¡Amémonos!
Amémonos porque sí
¡Amémonos!
Ahora mismo y aquí
Haciendo historia
Soltemos al aire nuestras octavillas
De la guerrilla de la concordia
Amar es ir a ciegas
El corazón despega, mientras todo arde
Odiar es mucho más sencillo
El odio es el lazarillo
De los cobardes
¡El odio es el lazarillo
De los cobardes!
¡El odio es el lazarillo
De los cobardes!
¡Armémonos!
Armémonos de valor
¡Armémonos!
Armémonos de valor, hasta los dientes
El miedo salió de su fosa y hoy
Amar es cosa de valientes
Amar es cosa de valientes
Amar es cosa de valientes
Amar es cosa de valientes
Amar es cosa de valientes
Soltemos al aire nuestras octavillas
De la guerrilla de la concordia
Cuerpo a cuerpo, verso a verso
(¡Amar es cosa de valientes!) Es una guerra de guerrillas
Y hay un comando de poetas suicidas rimando en las alcantarillas
Diciendo armémonos, armémonos de valor hasta los dientes
Porque amar
¡Amar es cosa de valientes! (¡Amar es cosa de valientes!)
English translation
To love is to go blindly
The heart takes off, while everything burns
Hate is much easier
Hate is the guide Of the cowards
Hate is the guide of cowards!
Let's arm ourselves!
Let's arm ourselves with courage
Let's arm ourselves!
Let's arm ourselves with courage, to the teeth
Fear came out of its pit and today
Loving is a thing for the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Let's air our leaflets
Of the guerrilla of concord
Love is to go blind
The heart takes off while all burns
Hate is much simpler
Let's arm ourselves!
Let's arm ourselves with courage
Let's arm ourselves!
Let's arm ourselves with courage, to the teeth
Fear came out of its pit and today
Loving is a thing for the brave
Fear came out of his pit and today
Love is brave
Love is brave
Love is brave
Love is a thing, love is a thing of
Love is a thing of, love is a thing of
Love is a thing of, love is a thing of
Love is a thing of, love is a thing of
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Loving is a thing of the brave
Let's air our leaflets
Of the guerrilla of concord
Body to body, verse to verse
Loving is a thing for the brave!
It's a guerrilla war
And there's a commando of suicidal poets rhyming in the sewers
Saying let's arm ourselves, arm ourselves with courage to the teeth
Because loving Love is a thing for the brave! (Loving is a brave thing!)