| Aqui canta un caminante
| Here a walker sings
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| Que muy mucho ha caminado
| that very much has walked
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| Y ahora vive tranquilo
| And now he lives in peace
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| Y en el cerro colorado
| And on the red hill
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| Largo mis coplas al viento
| I throw my couplets to the wind
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| Por donde quiera que voy
| everywhere i go
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| Soy arbol lleno de frutos
| I am a tree full of fruits
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| Como plantita 'e mistol
| As a little plant 'and mistol
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| Cuando ensillo mi caballo
| When I saddle my horse
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| Me largo por las arenas
| I'm leaving for the sands
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| Y en la mitad del camino
| And in the middle of the road
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| Ya me he olvidado de las penas
| I have already forgotten the sorrows
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| Caminiaga, santa elena
| Caminiaga, Santa Elena
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| El churqui, rayo cortado
| The churqui, cut lightning
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| No hay pago como mi pago
| There is no payment as my payment
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| Viva el cerro colorado
| long live the red hill
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| A la sombra de unos talas
| In the shadow of some fellings
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| Yo 'y sentido de un repente
| I 'y sense of a sudden
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| A una moza que decia:
| To a girl who said:
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| Sosiegue, que viene gente …
| Calm down, people are coming...
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| Te voy a dar un remedio
| I'm going to give you a remedy
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| Que es muy bueno pa' las penas
| That is very good for the sorrows
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| Grasitas de iguana macho
| Male iguana fats
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| Mezclaita con yerba buena
| Mixed with good yerba
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| Chacarera de las piedras
| Chacarera of the stones
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| Criollita como ninguna
| Creole like no other
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| No te metas en los montes
| Do not go into the mountains
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| Si no ha salido la luna | If the moon has not risen |