Zamba de Cura Brochero
Filocalia
Lyrics
Translation
¿Ve ese macho mala cara
Do you see that tough guy?
Que va rumbeando pal cerro?
Heading towards the hill?
¿Ve el jinete con sombrero
Do you see the rider with a hat?
Ese mozo bien montado?
That young man well mounted?
Ese que me ha saludado
The one who greeted me
Ese es el cura brochero
That's Father Brochero
El que acarrea esas vigas
The one carrying those beams
Ese que tiene tonsura
The one with a tonsure
Y un pañuelo en la cintura
And a handkerchief at his waist
Pa sujetar la sotana
To hold the cassock
El que cincha con más ganas
The one who cinches with more enthusiasm
Bueno amigo: Ese es el cura
Good friend: That's the priest
Allá va, con su amor
There he goes, with his love
Sigue la huella del cielo
Following the trail of the sky
Desde el alba hasta el lucero
From dawn until the evening star
Llevando fe y esperanza
Bringing faith and hope
Si dios a su lado avanza
If God advances by his side
Ese es el cura brochero
That's Father Brochero
El está por levantar
He is about to build
Una casa de ejercicios
A house for retreats
Para combatir los vicios
To combat the vices
Que azotan la población
That plague the population
El que pone el corazón
The one who puts his heart into it
Ese es el cura, amigo
That's the priest, my friend
Se hizo pobre entre los pobres
He became poor among the poor
Serrano entre los serranos
Mountaineer among the mountaineers
Nos enseñó a ser cristianos
He taught us to be Christians
Y se quedó cuarenta años
And he stayed forty years
Orientando su rebaño
Guiding his flock
Sus amigos, sus hermanos
His friends, his brothers