Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Violeta Parra
Canonical path: /parra-violeta/si-se-calla-el-cantor
Related lyric paths: 6
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Si Se Calla El Cantor
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Si Se Calla El Cantor
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Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida
Porque la vida misma es solo un canto
Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto
La esperanza, la luz, y la alegría
Si se calla el cantor, se quedan solos
Los humildes gorriones de los diarios
Los obreros del puerto se persignan
Quién habrá de luchar por sus salarios?
Que será de la vida si el que canta
No levanta su voz en la tribuna
Por el que sufre, por el que no hay
Ninguna razón que lo condene a andar sin manta?
Si se calla el cantor, muere la rosa
De que sirve la rosa sin el canto?
Debe el canto ser luz sobre los campos
Iluminando siempre a los de abajo
Que no calle el cantor, porque el silencio
Cobarde apaña la maldad que oprime
No saben los cantores de agachadas
No callarán jamás de frente al crimen
Que se levanten todas las banderas
Cuando el cantor se plante con su grito
Que mil guitarras desangren en la noche
Una inmortal canción al infinito
Si se calla el cantor, calla la vida
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Violeta Parra performs "Si Se Calla El Cantor", and this lyric page sits inside the Violeta Parra catalog on LyroVerse.
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