Entre a Mi Pago Sin Golpear

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Fue mucho mi penar

It was a lot of suffering

Andando lejos del pago

Walking far from my homeland

Tanto correr

So much running

Pa' llegar a ningún lado

To get nowhere

Estaba donde nací

I was where I was born

Lo que buscaba por ahí

What I was looking for was there

Es oro la amistad

Friendship is gold

Que no se compra ni vende

That cannot be bought or sold

Solo se da

It is only given

Cuando en el pecho se siente

When it is felt in the chest

No es algo que se ha de usar

It's not something to be used

Cuando te sirva y nada más

When it serves you and nothing more

Así es como se dan

That's how they are given

En la amistad mis paisanos

In friendship, my countrymen

Sus manos son

Their hands are

Pan cacho y mate cebado

Bread, cheese, and mate

Y la flor de la humildad

And the flower of humility

Suele su rancho perfumar

Usually perfumes their ranch

La vida me han prestao'

Life has been loaned to me

Y tengo que devolverla

And I have to give it back

Cuando el "Creador"

When the "Creator"

Me llame para la entrega

Calls me for the delivery

Que mis huesos, piel y sal

That my bones, skin, and salt

Abonen mi suelo natal

Fertilize my native soil

La Luna es un terrón

The moon is a lump

Que alumbra con luz prestada

That shines with borrowed light

Solo al cantor

Only to the singer

Que canta coplas del alma

Who sings verses from the soul

Le estalla en el corazón

It bursts in the heart

Eso que trepa por su voz

That which climbs through his voice

Cantor para cantar

Singer to sing

Si nada dice en tus versos

If nothing is said in your verses

¡Ay! Para qué

Oh! Why

Vas a callar al silencio

Would you silence the silence

Si es el silencio un cantor

If silence is a singer

Lleno de duendes en la voz

Full of elves in the voice

Mi pueblo es un cantor

My town is a singer

Que canta la chacarera

Who sings the chacarera

No ha de cantar

He will not sing

Lo que muy dentro no sienta

What he does not deeply feel

Cuando lo quiera escuchar

When you want to listen

Entre a mi pago sin golpear

Enter my home without knocking

Moderated by Elena Rodríguez
Buenos Aires, Argentina September 27, 2024
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