"Venceremos" (say: "ben-seh-REH-mohs", which means "We Will Win") is a Chilean song. This song was used for the Popular Unity of Chile, and it was made more popular by Chilean organisations, like Inti-Illimani and Quilapayún. This song was at its height during the 1970 Chilean presidential elections, during which people sung this song in order to support Salvador Allende.
The words of the song were written by Claudio Iturra, and the music was created by Sergio Ortega. To further support the left-wing party in the 1970 elections, the lyrics were written again by Víctor Jara, with the mentioning of Allende and the Popular Unity in the lyrics. And thus, a second version came about.
This song became popular in the 1970s and has been translated into the Portuguese, Italian, Russian, German, Swedish, Finnish, and the Turkish languages; however, the authors of the last five remain not known.
Lyrics
Original song lyrics
Electoral campaign lyrics
The words were changed by Victor Jara, and the following text was recorded by Quilapayún.
Turkish version
When this song became more well known throughout the globe, it was translated into Turkish by the Turkish band Grup Yorum (meaning "Commentary Group"), founded in 1984.
German version
There are many versions of the words in the German language. The most well-known one is the version below, which was written by the German poet Hans Georg Albig.
Portuguese version
Italian version
Russian version
References
Other websites
Venceremos - Русский (translator unknown) – Sovmusic.ru
"Venceremos" - Venceremos In Italian (translator unknown) – YouTube, posted by user "Ingen", 8 Nov 2018 "Venceremos" - Venceremos In Portuguese (translator unknown) – YouTube, posted by user "Ingen", 8 Nov 2018