| Chacarera de el Pantano (original) | Chacarera de el Pantano (translation) |
|---|---|
| Por el cerro de las cañas | By the hill of the reeds |
| Iba cantando un paisano | A countryman was singing |
| Despacito y cuesta arriba | slowly and uphill |
| Y en dirección del pantano | And in the direction of the swamp |
| Cuando dio con el carril | When he hit the lane |
| Divisó una lucecita | She spotted a little light |
| Está de fiesta el boliche | Bowling is partying |
| Que llaman La Serranita | What do they call La Serranita? |
| Lindo es ver fletes atados | It's nice to see freight tied |
| Con la lonja palenquera | With the palenquera market |
| Y sentir una guitarra | and feel a guitar |
| Tocando la chacarera | Playing the chacarera |
| Chacarera del pantano | swamp chacarera |
| Que me despierta un querer | That a desire wakes me up |
| Los paisanos zapateando | The countrymen stamping their feet |
| ¡ mi caballo sin comer ¡ | my horse without eating |
| Un criollo miraba al campo | A Creole looked at the field |
| Pidiendo al cielo que llueva | Asking the sky for rain |
| Y se queda mosqueteando | And he stays musketing |
| Como vizcacha en la cueva | Like vizcacha in the cave |
| Sirva vino doña Rocha | Serve Doña Rocha wine |
| Sirva otra vuelta patrona | Serve another patron saint |
| Ya se siente el olorcito | You can already feel the smell |
| Del asau de cabrillona | From the cabrillona asau |
| Sirva vino doña Rocha | Serve Doña Rocha wine |
| No me lo quiera cobrar | I don't want to charge it |
| Con gatos y chacareras | With cats and chacareras |
| Se lo hei saber pagar | I know how to pay |
| Chacarera del pantano | swamp chacarera |
| Que me despierta un querer | That a desire wakes me up |
| Los paisanos zapateando | The countrymen stamping their feet |
| ¡ mi caballo sin comer ¡ | my horse without eating |
