Canto de despedida [Misa campesina nicaragüense] [English translation]

There is nothing more beautiful

than seeing a whole people meet

a people that fights

to become better, as that is its resolve.

There is nothing more beautiful than to hear

in everyone's singing

an immense, united shout of brotherhood.

It isn't easy to say goodbye

when the happiness is such;

I feel a knot here in the middle of my throat.

But all of this nostalgia,

soon will be a smile,

when we come back to the peasant mass.

What a beautiful thing to observe

Cheta Calero

with her four small children and Gaspar

her happy companion.

From here I can see the fisherman

Presentación Ortíz

with his entire family, singing happily.

It isn't easy to say goodbye...

Today I feel my heart is good and new

I feel it full of new strength,

the same as a cashew seed

when it's about to sprout

Now that I go back home

overcome with joy, I will care for my vegetable garden

with more devotion.

It isn't easy to say goodbye

To the clapping of our palms, the song

grows in strength more and more

so that this feeling resonates in everybody

and becomes more intense

To the clapping of our palms, it will be known

that we are a lot of people, and if we are united

nobody will move us away.

It isn't easy to say goodbye...

Let us bring our hands together

so that we can merge again

inside this enormous bond of brotherhood

of Nicaraguan love

Let us bring our hands together

to build a strong wall,

that it may forever defend the community

It isn't easy to say goodbye....

• Artist:Carlos Mejía Godoy