Zamba Azul

Mercedes Sosa
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Como un limpio amanecer

Like a clean dawn

Era tu pollera azul

Your blue skirt was

Cielo por la zamba

Sky through the zamba

Duende andaba en el aire

A sprite wandered in the air

Enredandote a mi voz

Tangling itself to my voice

Mientras mi guitarra

While my guitar

Buscaba en el alba

Searched in the dawn

Coplas que cantaran

Coplas that would sing

Nuestro amor.

Our love


Siempre te recordare

I will always remember you

Junto a tu paisaje azul

Next to your blue landscape

Sombra que no olvido

Shadow that I don't forget

Silueta del rio

Silhouette of the river

Vestida de trigo y luz

Dressed in wheat and light

Como se dormia

How the afternoon slept

La tarde en tu pelo

In your hair

Con un sueño

With a dream

Inmensamente azul

Immensely blue


La noche te vio bailar

The night saw you dance

Azul en los ojos

Blue in the eyes

Del rocio

Of the dew

Adonde iria el viento

Where would the wind go

Que tu voz quedo conmigo

That your voice stayed with me

Luna, copla, rio, aroma,

Moon, copla, river, aroma,

Valle azul de zamba

Blue valley of zamba

Dulce region de mi soledad

Sweet region of my solitude


Guardo aquel pañuelo azul

I keep that blue handkerchief

Que me diste en el adios

That you gave me in farewell

Te llevo la tarde

The afternoon takes you

Rumbo a su misterio

Toward its mystery

Cuando agonizaba el sol

When the sun was dying

Pero te quedas

But you stay

Ya quieta en el silencio

Already quiet in the silence

Donde duerme

Where sleeps

El viento de mi voz.

The wind of my voice


Dicen que el olvido es cruel

They say that forgetfulness is cruel

Que no vuelve del adios

That doesn't return from farewell

Pero mi guitarra

But my guitar

Suena a zamba tuya

Sounds like your zamba

Cuando por la noche estoy

When at night I am

Buscandole grillos

Looking for crickets

Que canten tu nombre

To sing your name

En la oscura voz

In the dark voice

Del diapason

Of the tuning fork

Moderated by Juan Hernandez
San Salvador, El Salvador July 17, 2024
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