El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido [English translation]

The united people will never be defeated,

the united people will never be defeated...

On foot, singing

because we are going triumph.

Advance now,

flags of unity.

And you will come

marching together with me,

and in that way you will see

your song and your flag flourish.

The light

of a red dawn

now announces

the life which will come.

On foot, fighting,

the people will triumph.

It will be better,

the life which will come

to enamor1

our happiness

and in a protest,

a thousand voices of combat will revolt,

they will demontrate

the song of liberty,

with courage

the fatherland will be victorious.

And now the people

rises up in the fight

with the voice of a giant,

shouting: forward!

The united people will never be defeated,

the united people will never be defeated...

The fatherland is

forging the unity.

From north to south2

people will mobilise,

from the salt flat

hot and mineral

to the southern forest,

united in the fight and the work,

they will go,

they will cover the fatherland.

Now its way

announces the future.

On foot, singing,

the people will triumph.

Now millions

impose the truth,

steely are

the ardent battalions,

their hands are walking,

carrying the justice and the reasoning.

Woman,

with fire and with courage,

now you are here

together with the working man.

And now the people

rises up in the fight

with the voice of a giant,

shouting: forward!

The united people will never be defeated,

the united people will never be defeated...

1. The Spanish word 'conquistar' literally means 'to conquer', but figuratively it may mean 'to enamor' or 'to convince in a romantical manner'.2. The territory of Chile streches more than 4,300 km from north to south.

• Artist:Inti-Illimani