El Padre Antonio - Rubén Blades

El Padre Antonio Tejeira vino de Espaa

Buscando nuevas promesas en esta tierra

Lleg a la selva sin la esperanza de ser obispo

Y entre el calor y en entre los mosquitos habl de Cristo

El padre no funcionaba en el Vaticano

Entre papeles y sueos de aire acondicionado;

Y fue a un pueblito en medio de la nada a dar su sermn

Cada semana pa' los que busquen la salvacin

El nio Andrs Eloy Prez tiene diez aos

Estudia en la elementaria «Simn Bolivar»

Todavia no sabe decir el Credo correctamente;

Le gusta el ro, jugar al ftbol y estar ausente

Le han dado el puesto en la iglesia de monaguillo

A ver si la conexin compone al chiquillo;

Y su familia est muy orgullosa, porque a su vez se cree

Que con Dios conectando a uno, conecta a diez

Suenan la campanas un, dos, tres

Del Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andrs

Suenan la campanas otra ves

Del Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andrs

El padre condena la violencia

Sabe por experiencia que no es la solucin

Les habla de amor y de justicia

De Dios va la noticia vibrando en su sermn:

Suenan las campanas: un, dos, tres

Del Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andrs

Suenan la campanas otra ves

Del Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andrs

Al padre lo hall la guerra un domingo de misa

Dando la comunin en mangas de camisa

En medio del padre nuestro entr el matador

Y sin confesar su culpa le dispar

Antonio cayo, ostia en mano y sin saber por qu

Andrs se muri a su lado sin conocer a Pel;

Y entre el grito y la sorpresa, agonizando otra vez

Estaba el Cristo de palo pegado a la pared

Y nunca se supo el criminal quin fue

Del Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andrs

Pero suenan las campanas otra ves

Por el Padre Antonio y su monaguillo Andres

Suenan las campanas

Tierra va a temblar

Suenan las campanas

Por amrica

Suenan las campanas

Oh;

virgen seora

Quien nos salva ahora

Suenan las campanas

De antonio y andres

Suenan las campanas

Ven y oyela otra ves

Suena la campana

Centroamericana

Suena la campana

Por mi tierra hermana

Mira y tu veras

Suena la campana

El mundo va a cambiar

Father Antonio Tejeira came from Spain

Looking for new promises in this land

He arrived in the jungle without the hope of becoming a bishop

And between the heat and between the mosquitoes I spoke of Christ

The father did not work in the Vatican

Between papers and dreams of air conditioning;

And he went to a little town in the middle of nowhere to give his sermon

Every week for those who seek salvation

The boy Andrs Eloy Prez is ten years old

He studies at the “Simn Bolivar” elementary school.

He still doesn't know how to say the Creed correctly;

He likes the river, playing football and being away

They have given him the position in the church of altar boy

Let's see if the connection composes the kid;

And his family is very proud of him, because he in turn believes

That with God connecting one, connects ten

The bells ring one, two, three

From Father Antonio and his altar boy from him Andrs

the bells ring again

From Father Antonio and his altar boy from him Andrs

The father condemns violence

He knows from experience that it is not the solution

He speaks to them of love and justice

From God the news vibrates in his sermon about him:

The bells ring: one, two, three

From Father Antonio and his altar boy from him Andrs

the bells ring again

From Father Antonio and his altar boy from him Andrs

The father was found by war on a Sunday at mass

Giving communion on shirt sleeves

In the middle of our father the matador entered

And without confessing his guilt he shot him

Antonio fell, ostia in hand and without knowing why

Andrs died by his side without knowing Pel;

And between the scream and the surprise, dying again

The wooden Christ was attached to the wall

And the criminal was never known

From Father Antonio and his altar boy from him Andrs

But the bells ring again

For Father Antonio and his altar boy Andres

the bells ring

Earth is going to shake

the bells ring

for america

the bells ring

Oh;

virgin lady

who saves us now

the bells ring

From Antonio and Andres

the bells ring

Come and hear it again

Bell rings

Central American

Bell rings

for my land sister

look and you will see

Bell rings

The world is going to change