Ni Flores, Ni Peces | Ana y Jaime | Ana y Jaime | 1977 | Colombia
“Traje el revólver y la carabina con esta canción, para que veas que si no hay comida, de alguna manera la consigo yo.”
This is my favorite song today; you can download the album from Canto Nuevo. Ana y Jaime were/are a Colombian duo known for their socially conscious lyrics during a particularly tumultuous era of Colombian history. This song, Neither Flowers, Nor Fish, seems to be about an agrarian couple going through especially hard times; unable to find food, one of the two commits to using arms, if necessary, to get it.
It was written by a guy named Pablus Gallinazo.
LETRA:
Bajé hasta el río a traerte flores y a traerte peces…
Pero los tiempos han cambiado tanto que ya no se puede
cortar las flores que en nuestros caminos casi siempre crecen,
tomar las flores, hacer ramilletes, y atrapar los peces.
Me vine solo para nuestra casa como vengo siempre…
Me vine y vuelvo ya sin esperanza con que vine siempre.
Aquí te traigo lo que pude traer;
será muy poco y no es para comer;
traje el revólver y la carabina con esta canción…
Para que veas que si no hay comida
de alguna manera la consigo yo.
ENGLISH:
I went down to the river to bring you flowers, to bring you fish…
But the times have changed so much that I can no longer
cut the flowers that in our paths nearly always grow,
take the flowers, make bundles, and catch fish.
I came alone toward our house like I always do…
I came and I’ll return, already without hope, which I used to always have.
Here I bring you what I could bring;
it’s not much and it’s not for eating;
I brought a revolver and a rifle along with this song…
So that you will see that if there is no food,
one way or another I will get it.



Cuando ya nada se espera personalmente exaltante,



Along with the name of national hero Augusto C. Sandino, also mentioned is the name of Rigoberto Perez Lopez, the young poet who assassinated Anastasio Somoza Garcia in 1956 and is credited with sparking the rebirth of resistance to the Somoza dynasty’s dictatorship. In addition, we should also point out the emphasis on armed struggle and, as is typical of the FSLN, recognition of the historic value of fallen heroes.

