Текст песни Иосиф Кобзон - Памяти Че Гевары

In memory of Che Guevara
Music: V. Migulya Lyrics: N. Zinoviev

In Chile, in the city of Santiago, a monument to Ernesto Che Guevara was removed from the pedestal and sent to be melted down.

Che Guevara is tortured again
Why are you torturing metal ?!
At the stake, over the revelry of the dog
He is silent, as silent as alive.

Red-hot, white-hot tortured,
Became transparent, only one heart.
The outlines of the sculpture are melting
But you cannot melt it!

I am Ernesto, I am the son of radiance,
I have risen from oblivion
And from the red state
I will never go out!

There is no such melting point
You will not find such ovens!
Freedom has its patience
Instead of groans - a stream of rays.

And in the square, in naked horror,
Where there is only one ash around
The black wind of terror whirls
The invisible forest of resurrected hands!

I am Ernesto, I am the son of radiance,
I have risen from oblivion
And from the red state
I will never go out!

Che Guevara is tortured again
Why are you torturing metal ?!
At the stake, over the revelry of the dog
He is silent, as silent as alive.

Red-hot, white-hot tortured,
Became transparent, only one heart.
The outlines of the sculpture are melting
But you cannot melt it!

I am Ernesto, I am the son of radiance,
I have risen from oblivion
And from the red state
I will never go out!

I'll stay on earth yet,
All up to my throat in struggle and love
For Allende and for Neruda
And for the sunbeam in the blood!

1981