SONG
"This one is very pleasant. I do get the urge to sing # Feeling hot, hot, hot! # at certain points though, haha. Glad I've found this one though. Definitely one of the better tracks I have come across so far" - LC
Written by: Joseito Fernandez
Producer: Uncredited
Label: RCA Victor
FACTS
- Joseíto Fernández composed the song in 1928, basing the words on a poem by celebrated Cuban nationalist José Martí.
- It is perhaps the best known Cuban song and the country's most noted patriotic song.
- Cover versions of the song (as usual I will only cite artists that mean something to me as there are LOADS) include those by: Pitbull, Fugees, Wyclef Jean, The Mavericks, Los Lobos, and Pete Seeger.
Translation
I am a truthful man
From where the palm tree grows
And before dying I want
To let out the verses of my soul
My verse is light green
And it is flaming red
My verse is a wounded stag
Who seeks refuge on the mountain
I grow a white rose
In July just as in January
For the honest friend
Who gives me his open hand
With the poor people of the earth
I want to cast my lot
The brook of the mountains
Gives me more pleasure than the sea.
From where the palm tree grows
And before dying I want
To let out the verses of my soul
My verse is light green
And it is flaming red
My verse is a wounded stag
Who seeks refuge on the mountain
I grow a white rose
In July just as in January
For the honest friend
Who gives me his open hand
With the poor people of the earth
I want to cast my lot
The brook of the mountains
Gives me more pleasure than the sea.
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