Victor Jara - Plegaria a un Labrador (Chilean Song) (Spanish/English lyrics)

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Victor Jara, born September 28, 1932 in San Ignacio, Chile, is versatile in his activites. Teacher, theater director, poet and popular singer-songwriter, he's the voice of Chilean contestation. He engages himself in revolution and sings for it. As a communist activist during the dictatorship of Pinochet, he is tortured and killed for his ideas.

One of his most known songs, "Plegaria a un Labrador" is firstly a call to the peasants who cultivate the land with their hands, to join with their brothers in the struggle for a fairer society.

Picture: shows the "Marble Caves" (Capillas de Mármol), situated in the General Carrera Lake, in the heart of Patagonia. They are a series of sculpted caves. These are one of the beautiful hidden Chilean places, a wonder of nature, unique and beautiful, like its country.