La Pocoy Pacha
Los Chalchaleros
Lyrics
Translation
Con mi poncho y mi guitarra
With my poncho and my guitar
A rodar tierra salí y llegando a Pocoy Pacha
I set out to roam the land and arrived at Pocoy Pacha
De nuevo al pago volví
I returned once again to my homeland
Pascachao en mis antojos
Pascachao in my desires
Viejos rumbos tomé al fin maduraba
I took old paths until I matured
El quishca loro la algarroba, el piquillín
The quishca parrot, the carob tree, the piquillín
Qué contento yo me puse
How happy I became
La represa al divisar zambullían
Seeing the reservoir, ducks were diving
Los patitos afanosos por pescar
The ducklings eagerly fishing
Una perdiz me silbaba en medio
A partridge whistled at me in the middle
Del jarillal pa'l lao de adentro una chuña
From the jarillal, towards the inside, a chuña
Gritaba en el quebrachal
Shouted in the quebrachal
Debajo de una sombra¹I toro dulce me puse a cantar
Under a sweet shade, I started to sing
Un mate va y otro viene mis dichas a recordar
One mate goes, another comes, recalling my joys
Mi madre se había esmerado
My mother had taken great care
En cocinar para mí empanadas
In cooking empanadas for me
Y tamales con choclito y con ají
And tamales with corn and chili
Qué lindo es ver en el campo
How beautiful it is to see in the countryside
Los cabritos retozar el corazón
The little goats frolicking; the heart
En el pecho parece sangolotear
In the chest, it seems to flutter