| Guitarra, guitarra mía
| guitar, my guitar
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| Por los caminos del viento
| along the paths of the wind
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| Vuelan en tus armonías
| They fly in your harmonies
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| Coraje, amor y lamento
| Courage, love and regret
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| Lanzas criollas de antaño
| Creole spears of yesteryear
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| A tu conjuro pelearon
| At your spell they fought
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| Mi china oyendo tu canto
| My china listening to your song
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| Sus hondas pupilas
| His deep pupils
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| De pena lloraron
| they cried out of sorrow
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| ¡Guitarra, guitarra criolla
| Guitar, Creole guitar
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| Dile que es mío ese llanto!
| Tell him that cry is mine!
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| Azules noches pamperas
| blue pamperas nights
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| Donde calme sus enojos
| where calm your anger
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| Hay dos estrellas que mueren
| There are two stars that die
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| Cuando se duermen sus ojos
| When your eyes fall asleep
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| Guitarra de mis amores
| Guitar of my loves
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| Con tu penacho sonoro
| With your sonorous plume
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| Vas remolcando mis ansias
| You are towing my desires
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| Por rutas marchitas
| Along withered roads
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| Que empolvan dolores
| that dust pain
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| ¡Guitarra, noble y querida
| Guitar, noble and dear
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| Calla si ella me olvida!
| Shut up if she forgets me!
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| Midiendo eternas distancias
| Measuring eternal distances
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| Hoy brotan de tu encordado
| Today they sprout from your stringing
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| Sones que tienen fragancias
| Sounds that have fragrances
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| De un tiempo gaucho olvidado
| Of a forgotten gaucho time
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| Cuando se eleva tu canto
| When your song rises
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| Como se aclara la vida
| how life becomes clear
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| Y a veces tienen tus cuerdas
| And sometimes they have your strings
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| Caricias de dulces
| caresses of sweets
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| Trenzas renegridas
| black braids
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| ¡Como ave azul sin amarras
| Like a blue bird without moorings
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| Así es mi criolla guitarra! | This is my Creole guitar! |