Translation of the song Si ves un monte de espumas artist José Martí

Si ves un monte de espumas,

If you see a foam mountain,

Es mi verso lo que ves:

What you are seeing is my verse:

Mi verso es un monte, y es

My verse is a mountain, and it is

Un abanico de plumas.

A hand fan made of feathers.

Mi verso es como un puñal

My verse is like a dagger

Que por el puño echa flor:

With a flower growing from the handle:

Mi verso es un surtidor

My verse is a pump

Que da un agua de coral.

That gives out coral water.

Mi verso es de un verde claro

My verse is light green

Y de un carmín encendido:

And it is glowing carmine:

Mi verso es un ciervo herido

My verse is a hurt deer

Que busca en el monte amparo.

That looks for shelter in the mountain.

Mi verso al valiente agrada:

My verse pleases the brave:

Mi verso, breve y sincero,

My verse, brief and sincere,

Es del vigor del acero

Is made of the vigor of the steel

Con que se funde la espada.

With which the sword is cast.