Milonga Surera

Atahualpa Yupanqui
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El Sol ya se iba ocultando

The sun was already setting

Por detrás de una tapera

Behind an old hut

Y se veía en la tranquera

And through the gate

A una chinita llorando

A little girl could be seen crying

La pobre estaba esperando

The poor thing was waiting

Con desconsuelo infinito

With infinite sorrow

Despedir a su gauchito

To bid farewell to her cowboy

Al dueño de sus amores

The owner of her affections

Que en el Cuartel de las Flores

Who in the Quarters of Flowers

Lo sortearon de conscripto

Was drafted as a conscript


El campo en ese momento

The countryside at that moment

De indefinible tristeza

In undefinable sadness

Pregonaba su grandeza

Proclaimed its greatness

A los impulsos del viento

To the impulses of the wind

Jamás ningún instrumento

Never any instrument

Podrá expresar en canción

Can express in song

A qué hora de la oración

At what hour of prayer

Nacen aquellos murmullos

Those murmurs are born

Que brotando de los yuyos

That, springing from the weeds

Desgarran el corazón

Rend the heart


Juan llegó muy bien montao

Juan arrived well mounted

Y como paisana ofrenda

And as a country offering

Para halagar a su prenda

To please his beloved

Hizo rayar el tostao

He traced circles in the toasted ground

Fuerte abrazo y apretau

With a strong embrace and tight

Le dio luego a su Malena

He then gave to his Malena

Bajo la noche serena

Under the serene night

No llores mi alma le dijo

Don't cry, my soul, he said to her

Porque yo también me aflijo

Because I also distress myself

Y así aumentamos la pena

And thus, we increase the sorrow


Una estampa bendecida

A blessed picture

De la Virgen de Luján

Of the Virgin of Luján

Le dio Malena a su Juan

Malena gave to Juan

Y él con la voz conmovida

And with a voice moved

¡Adiós mi prienda querida!

Goodbye, my dear friend!

Le gritó desde el camino

He shouted from the road

Voy a cumplir mi destino

I'm going to fulfill my destiny

Y saltó sobre su flete

And he jumped onto his cart

Y así Juan se hizo un jinete

And so, Juan became a soldier

Del Ejército Argentino

Of the Argentine Army

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Buenos Aires, Argentina April 19, 2024
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