Chingolito

Saul Huenchul
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Silva, el chingolito criollo

Silva, the Creole chingolito

Ni bien el día amanece

As soon as the day dawns

Y en su gesto de amigazo

And in its friendly gesture

Pronto en el patio aparece

Soon in the courtyard appears

Saltando, siempre saltando

Jumping, always jumping

Y se cuenta en el salau'

And it is said in the salau'

Que por pizar un santuario

That for tracing a sanctuary

Ansina lo han castiguau'

That's how they punished him


Anunciador de ciclones

Cyclone announcer

Mansito en el campamento

Gentle in the camp

Si silva con la oración

If he whistles with the prayer

Seguro va a correr viento

Surely the wind will blow

De plumaje medio gris

With feathers kind of gray

Pero de alitas marrones

But with little brown wings

Por eso pienso si nu'es

So I think if he's

Pariente de los gorriones

Related to sparrows


Claro que no anda en bandada

Of course, he doesn't go in a flock

Con los que nombré

With those I named

Aparte es tan indefenso

Aside, he's so defenseless

Que hasta prudente se ve

That he even looks prudent

De plumaje medio gris

With feathers kind of gray

De pescuesito pintau'

With a painted little neck

Y un chistirito pobrón

And a humble chirp

Saltando de rama en rama

Jumping from branch to branch

Busca su alimentación

He looks for his food


Cuando Silva y anda solitario

When Silva is alone

Parece triste y reciente

He seems sad and recent

Cuando anda con la chingola

When he's with the chingola

Usa copete también

He also uses a tuft

Posa su nido en el suelo

He places his nest on the ground

De pasto entre los coirones

With grass among the coirones

Total si a nadie hace mal

After all, if he doesn't harm anyone

¿Quién va a comer sus pichones?

Who will eat his chicks?


Silva, el chingolito criollo

Silva, the Creole chingolito

Y en un silvido me deja

And in a whistle, he leaves me

El ejemplo de un amigo que no llora ni se queja

The example of a friend who doesn't cry or complain

Seguí silvando chingolo y anunciando ventarrone'

Keep whistling, chingolo, and announcing big winds

Que tal vez traigan los vientos

That may bring the winds

También nuevas iluciones

Also new illusions

Que tal vez traigan los vientos

That may bring the winds

También nuevas iluciones

Also new illusions

Moderated by Francisco Torres
San José, Costa Rica December 11, 2024
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