Translation of the song lyrics La Pobrecita - Mercedes Sosa

La Pobrecita (original)

Le llaman la pobrecita
Porque esta zamba nacio en los ranchos
Con una guitarra mal encordada
Le cantan siempre los tucumanos
Alla en las cañaverales
Cuando la noche viene llegando
Por entre los surcos se ven de lejos
Los tucu tucu de los cigarros
Solcito del camino
Lunita de mis pagos
En la pobrecita zamba del surco
Cantan sus penas los tucumanos
Mi zamba no tiene dicha
Solo pesares tiene el paisano
Con las hilachitas de una esperanza
Forman sus sueños los tucumanos
Conozco la triste pena
De las ausencias y del mal pago
En mis noches largas prenden su fuego
Los tucu tucu del desengaño
Solcito del camino
Lunita de mis pagos
En la pobrecita zamba del surco
Lalalalala ay!
Ay!
…
Cantan sus penas los tucumanos

La Pobrecita (translation)

They call her the poor thing
Because this zamba was born in the ranches
With a badly strung guitar
Tucumanos always sing to him
There in the cane fields
When the night comes coming
Through the furrows they can be seen from afar
The tucu tucu of cigars
Solcito of the road
Lunita of my payments
In the poor little zamba of the groove
Tucumanos sing their sorrows
My zamba has no happiness
The countryman only has regrets
With the strands of a hope
Tucumans form their dreams
I know the sad sorrow
Of the absences and the bad payment
In my long nights they light their fire
The tucu tucu of disappointment
Solcito of the road
Lunita of my payments
In the poor little zamba of the groove
Lalalalala oh!
Oh!
…
Tucumanos sing their sorrows