The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Anthem
[Translated
by Olivia Y. Escobar-Trujillo
For more information on her
professional translations contact Olivia ]
NOTE: This
translation is protected by © copyright
Dear Mother, Don't Shed
More Tears
(No Madre, Lágrimas No)
by: Manuel F. Artime
Dear Mother, don't shed more tears
Let your spirits lift and rejoice.
You've lost your son,
You lost your son in Girón.
Why shed tears when he as God's choice,
A sculpture of faith, a monument of debt.
Martí blessed him on April 17
Maceo gave him his brutal, cutting strength.
The breezes of Playa Larga and San Blás
Exhaled the virility of Mangos de Baraguá.
The shouting memory of 2506 is floating on high.
Dear Mother, shed no more tears.
His bloodshed has floated on high
To coddle our lonely star.
©
[Translated by Olivia Y.
Escobar-Trujillo
For more information on her
professional translations contact Olivia ]
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