Her career launched after a small role in La Petite Voleuse. She also went to produce several top singles like "Populaire", "Mon Ange" and most famously "Hasta Siempre".
Si se calla el cantor
Nathalie Cardone Lyrics
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Porque la vida, la vida misma es todo un canto
Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto
La esperanza, la luz y la alegría.
Si se calla el cantor se quedan solos
Los humildes gorriones de los diarios,
Los obreros del puerto se persignan
'Que ha de ser de la vida si el que canta
No levanta su voz en las tribunas
Por el que sufre,'por el que no hay
Ninguna razón que lo condene a andar sin manta'
Si se calla el cantor muere la rosa
De que sirve la rosa sin el canto
Debe el canto ser luz sobre los campos
Iluminando siempre a los de abajo.
Que no calle el cantor porque el silencio
Cobarde apaña la maldad que oprime,
No saben los cantores de agachadas
No callarán jamás de frente al crimén.
'Que se levanten todas las banderas
Cuando el cantor se plante con su grito
Que mil guitarras desangren en la noche
Una inmortal canción al infinito'.
Si se calla el cantor . . . calla la vida.
The song "Si se calla el cantor" by Nathalie Cardone is a tribute to the powerful role of the singer in society. The lyrics of the song highlight the significance of the voice of the singer, and how it represents and gives life to the hopes, dreams, and struggles of society. The first stanza of the song opens with the assertion that if the singer stops singing, life itself falls silent. The importance of the singer's voice is emphasized, as the singer is seen as the carrier of hope, light, and joy. The second stanza of the song builds on this theme, as it highlights the fact that if the singer falls silent, the voiceless and powerless of society remain unsupported. The humble sparrows and the workers in the port of the city are left without a champion to fight for their rights. In the third stanza, the songwriters assert that life cannot continue to exist without the voice of the singer. The absence of song would leave the world devoid of beauty and light, prohibiting the illumination of those who dwell in the shadows.
In the final stanza of the song, the importance of the singer's voice is underscored by the fact that it represents courage in the face of tyranny. The songwriters argue that the powerful continue to oppress, and the weak continue to suffer because the singers are not singing truth to power. The song ends with an exhortation to all singers to raise their voices high, and to use them to speak truth to power. This is because silence in the face of oppression is cowardice, and the voice of the singer represents the hope that the powerless can be empowered, and that the darkness can be overcome by the light.
Line by Line Meaning
Si se calla el cantor calla la vida
If the singer goes silent, life falls into silence too, because life, life itself, is simply one huge song.
Si se calla el cantor, muere de espanto la esperanza, la luz y la alegría
If the singer stops singing, hope, light, and joy perish in fear.
Si se calla el cantor se quedan solos los humildes gorriones de los diarios, los obreros del puerto se persignan ¿quién habrá de luchar por su salario?
If the singer goes silent, the little sparrows of the newspapers and the workers at the port will be left alone. Who will stand up for their salaries?
¿Que ha de ser de la vida si el que canta no levanta su voz en las tribunas por el que sufre, por el que no hay ninguna razón que lo condene a andar sin manta?
What will become of life if the singer doesn't raise their voice in the forums for those who are suffering, for those who are condemned to the cold without cause?
Si se calla el cantor muere la rosa, de qué sirve la rosa sin el canto, debe el canto ser luz sobre los campos, iluminando siempre a los de abajo
If the singer goes silent, the rose dies. What good is a rose without a song? A song must be a light over the fields, always lighting the way for those below.
Que no calle el cantor porque el silencio cobarde apaña la maldad que oprime, no saben los cantores de agachadas, no callarán jamás de frente al crimen
The singer must not be silenced because cowardly silence supports the evil that oppresses us. Singers cannot bow down silently. They will never be silent in the face of crime.
Que se levanten todas las banderas cuando el cantor se plante con su grito, que mil guitarras desangren en la noche una inmortal canción al infinito
Let all the flags rise when the singer raises their voice in protest. May a thousand guitars bleed a timeless song into the night.
Si se calla el cantor . . . calla la vida
If the singer goes silent...life falls into silence too.
Contributed by Eli P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.