Translation of the song lyrics Los Inundados - Mercedes Sosa

Los Inundados (original)

Bramando se viene el agua
Del Paraná
Creciendo noche y día
Sin parar
Ranchada, barranca, tronco
Se llevará
Con viento y aguacero
El Paraná
Mi rancho hasta la cumbrera
Ya se anegó
Ni el ceibo ni el aromo
Tienen flor
Estaba triste la tarde
Cuando me fui;
Cantó su dulce queja
El yerutí
Por el río navegando
La canoa va cargada
Redes, palos, aparejos
Los salvé de la ranchada
Por el río volveré
A Santa Fe
El agua vino bramando
Pobre quedé
Ni rancho ni cobija
He de tener
No me han de sacar del pago
Donde nací
Peleando a la corriente
He de vivir
El cielo ya está limpiando
Vuela el chajá
Calandrias y crestudos
Cantan ya
Así ha de llegar día
En que volveré
A levantar mi rancho
En Santa Fe

(translation)

The water comes roaring
From Parana
growing night and day
Non-stop
ranchada, ravine, trunk
will take
With wind and downpour
The Parana
My ranch to the ridge
already flooded
Neither the ceibo nor the aroma
have flower
the afternoon was sad
When I left;
She sang her sweet complaint
the yeruti
Sailing down the river
The canoe is loaded
Nets, poles, tackle
I saved them from the ranch
By the river I will return
To Santa Fe
The water came roaring
I was poor
neither ranch nor blanket
I have to have
They do not have to take me out of the payment
where i was born
Fighting the current
I have to live
The sky is already clearing
fly the chajá
Calandrias and Crestudos
They sing already
This is how the day will come
in which I will return
to raise my ranch
in Santa Fe