Río De Camalotes

Mercedes Sosa
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Si yo digo verde

If I say green

A que usted no piensa

You probably don't think

En el camalote

About the water hyacinth

Y si digo agua

And if I say water

Usted no imagina el parana

You don't imagine the Paraná

Diciembre lo arranca

December tears it away

Desata su nudo con la madreselva

Unbinds its knot with honeysuckle

Y con el viene el agua

And with it comes the water

El viento del norte y la yarara

The north wind and the rattlesnake

Y a su incertidumbre

And in its uncertainty

Lento lagarto, raices negras

Slow lizard, black roots

Se le pega el hambre

Hunger sticks to it

El aire pesado y la inundacion

Heavy air and flood


Que no se detenga

Don't stop

Tu marcha lenta rumbo p'al mar

Your slow march towards the sea

Es tan semejante

It is so similar

A nuestro delirio, a la soledad

To our delirium, to loneliness

Que te empuje el viento

May the wind push you

Mi pensamiento o el temporal

My thoughts or the storm

Fuera de la orilla

Outside the shore

Tu camarilla, camalotal

Your group, water hyacinth


El rio que te acuna

The river that cradles you

Mete su lengua en el caserio

Puts its tongue in the settlement

Bajo tu llanura

Under your plain

Juega el dorado, escondiendose

The golden fish plays, hiding

Silencioso ejercito

Silent army

Panza de agua, patas de barro

Belly of water, mud feet

Mamotretos de hojas

Leafy mammoths

Verdes las aguas del invasor.

Green waters of the invader

Moderated by Marina Morales
Managua, Nicaragua March 27, 2025
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