Dinh-hung, Juglar

Annotation

The song "Dinh-hung, Juglar" (Orfeo # SULP 90.558) performed by Daniel Viglietti, part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, born and died in Montevideo, Uruguay (24 July 1939-30 October 2017). The lyrics were written by Hector Numa Moraes & Washington Benavides, both songwriters from Uruguay. The song title is named after a Vietnamese poet, born in French Indochina, and died in Saigon (1920-1967).1 The song tells the story of a massacre in a village.Sources1Wikipedia: Đinh Hùng↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: I'll tell you a story / Bitter, or worse / That's why I sing it to you / And what the heck / It was Van-Ding, the village / Over there in Vietnam / It was, I say, a school / I'll say no more / They came through the air / Deadly flight / All that was left was a notebook / I'll say no more / He signed his poems / "Dinh-Hung, minstrel" / He was thirteen years old / He had no more / And that is one of so many / Over there in Vietnam / Now forget, if you can / Forget it __________ Spanish: Te contaré una historia / amarga o más / Te la canto por eso / y qué caray / Era Van-Ding, la aldea / allá en Vietnam / Era, digo, una escuela / no digo más / Vinieron por el aire / vuelo mortal / Quedó sólo un cuaderno / no digo más / Firmaba sus poemas / ”Dinh-Hung, juglar” / Tenía trece años / no tuvo más / Y esa es una de tantas / allá en Vietnam / Ahora olvida, si puedes / olvídala

About the artist

born and died in Montevideo, Uruguay (24 July 1939-30 October 2017)

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

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