[Verse 1]
I who sang for your life
Full of clear and pure light
Today I sing for the bitterness
That your departure leaves us
[Chorus]
Oh Salvador Allende, Salvador!
From your generous gesture
Will emerge higher and more glorious
A much better Chile
[Verse 2]
They were traitorous rifles
That they were hiding in betrayal
And hands that responded
To the cruelest grudges
[Chorus]
Oh Salvador Allende, Salvador!
From your generous gesture
Will emerge higher and more glorious
A much better Chile
[Verse 3]
It was the foreign rifle
It was fratricidal resentment
It was the hidden shadow
In the shadow of steel
[Chorus]
Oh Salvador Allende, Salvador!
From your generous gesture
Will emerge higher and more glorious
A much better Chile
[Verse 4]
It was the resentment that is strength
To show your intentions
Since they had no reasons
They had to use force
[Chorus]
Oh Salvador Allende, Salvador!
From your generous gesture
Will emerge higher and more glorious
A much better Chile
[Verse 5]
But it has been truncated
The hope they were looking for
They thought they were killing you
And you are more alive than ever
[Chorus]
Oh Salvador Allende, Salvador!
From your generous gesture
Will emerge higher and more glorious
A much better Chile