Entre a Mi Pago Sin Golpear

Los Manseros Santiagueños
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Fue mucho mi penar andando lejos del pago

My suffering was much, walking far from my homeland

Tanto correr pa' llegar a ningún lado

Running so much to get nowhere

Y estaba donde nací lo que buscaba por ahí

And where I was born is what I was looking for there


Es oro en la amistad que no se compra ni vende

It's gold in friendship that is neither bought nor sold

Solo se da cuando en el pecho se siente

It's only given when it's felt in the chest

No es algo que se ha de usar cuando le sirva y nada más

It's not something to be used only when it serves, nothing more


Así es como se da en la amistad mis paisanos

That's how it is given in friendship, my compatriots

Sus manos son pan cacho y mate cebado

Their hands are bread, a piece of cheese, and mate prepared

Y la flor de la humildad suele su rancho perfumar

And the flower of humility usually perfumes their humble home


La vida me han presta'o y tengo que devolverla

Life has been loaned to me, and I have to return it

Cuando el creador me llame para la entrega

When the creator calls me for the delivery

Que mis huesos piel y sal, abonen mi suelo natal

May my bones, skin, and salt fertilize my native soil


La Luna es un terrón que alumbra con luz prestada

The Moon is a lump that shines with borrowed light

Solo al cantor que canta coplas del alma

Only to the singer who sings verses from the soul

Le estalla en el corazón el Sol que trepa por su voz

The Sun that climbs through his voice bursts in his heart


Cantor para cantar si nada dicen sus versos

Singer to sing if his verses say nothing

Ay para qué vas a callar al silencio

Oh, why would you be silent to silence

Si es el silencio un cantor lleno de duendes en la voz

If silence is a singer full of elves in the voice


Mi pueblo es un cantor que canta la chacarera

My town is a singer who sings the chacarera

No ha de cantar lo que muy dentro no sienta

He won't sing what he doesn't feel deep inside

Cuando lo quiera escuchar entre a mi pago sin golpear

When you want to hear it, come into my home without knocking

La vida me han presta'o y tengo que devolverla

Life has been loaned to me, and I have to return it

Cuando el creador me llame para la entrega

When the creator calls me for the delivery

Que mis huesos piel y sal, abonen mi suelo natal

May my bones, skin, and salt fertilize my native soil

Moderated by Carmen Navarro
Havana, Cuba October 20, 2024
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