La Viajerita
Atahualpa YupanquiLyrics
Translation
Desde los cerros
From the hills
Viene esta zambita
Comes this little zamba
Por eso la llamo yo
That's why I call her
La viajerita, palomita
The little traveler, little dove
Por eso la llamo yo
That's why I call her
La viajerita, palomita
The little traveler, little dove
Sendas de arena
Paths of sand
Tarco florido
Flowering tarco tree
Y un corazón que pena
And a heart that sorrows
Por un olvido, palomita
For a forgotten love, little dove
Y un corazón que pena
And a heart that sorrows
Por un olvido, palomita
For a forgotten love, little dove
¡ Ay viajerita ¡, el alba asoma
Oh little traveler, dawn arises
Trayendo de los cerros
Bringing from the hills
Frescor y aroma, palomita
Freshness and fragrance, little dove
Trayendo de los cerros
Bringing from the hills
Frescor y aroma, palomita
Freshness and fragrance, little dove
Yo soy de arriba
I'm from up high
Soy del Cochuna
I'm from Cochuna
Ranchito sobre el río
A little ranch by the river
Soles y luna, palomita
Suns and moon, little dove
Ranchito sobre el río
A little ranch by the river
Soles y luna, palomita
Suns and moon, little dove
Hasta Alpachiri, voy los domingos
Until Alpachiri, I go on Sundays
Y por la noche al cerro
And at night to the hill
Vuelvo solito, palomita
I return alone, little dove
Y por la noche al cerro
And at night to the hill
Vuelvo solito, palomita
I return alone, little dove
¡ Ay viajerita ¡, el alba asoma
Oh little traveler, dawn arises
Trayendo de los cerros
Bringing from the hills
Frescor y aroma, palomita
Freshness and fragrance, little dove
Trayendo de los cerros
Bringing from the hills
Frescor y aroma, palomita
Freshness and fragrance, little dove