Como en Vietnam

Annotation

Isabel Parra, born 29 September 1939 in Santiago, Chile, a prominent member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, she collaborated with other well-known artists, such as Quilapayún and Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC. The song "Como en Vietnam" (Discoteca del Cantar Popular # DCP 27), took an anti-war position, and described the Vietnamese people as "a distant brother people" - showing solidarity. She described the conflict as the "first line of horror, first line of pain".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: It is very difficult to make a comparison / When it comes to speaking of the courage / Of a certain brother people, far away / Front line of horror / Front line in pain / Front line in daily work / Front line of the sun / Front line in love / Front line in burning / The foreign hand that put them there / It is very difficult to make a comparison / It is lofty, it is great, there is nothing more to say / We only aspire to be as they are / That is the voice of today's man / To do and to be better __________ Spanish: Es muy difícil establecer comparación / Cuando se trata de hablar del valor / De cierto pueblo hermano, lejano / Primera línea el horror / Primera línea en dolor / Primera línea en trabajo diario / Primera línea del sol / Primera línea en amor / Primera línea en quemar / La mano externa que los emplazó / Es muy difícil establecer comparación / Es alto, es mucho, ya no queda por decir / Sólo aspiramos a ser como son / Ésa es la voz del hombre de hoy / Hacer y ser mejor

About the artist

born 29 September 1939 in Santiago, Chile

Themes

Anti-War · Vietnamese Perspective

In collections

Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]