| Muchacho de la cosecha
| harvest boy
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| Que por las manos desechas
| That by the hands you discard
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| Se van secando tus brazos
| your arms are drying
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| Como se seca el bagazo
| How the bagasse dries
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| Que tu cuchillo no pele fuerte
| That your knife does not peel hard
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| Porque en el filo anda la muerte
| Because death walks on the edge
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| Compañeros del rocío
| Dew Companions
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| Por el camino del frío
| down the cold path
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| Con el padre caminando
| With the father walking
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| La angustia se va yapando
| The anguish is fading away
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| Cuando la escarcha le esté doliendo
| When the frost is hurting
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| Se alzará el nombre floreciendo
| Will the name flourish
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| La madrugada ya está
| The morning is already
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| Adolfo Aguirre se va a pelar
| Adolfo Aguirre is going to peel
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| Su juventud en el surco
| His youth of him in the groove
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| Es como el alma del azúcar
| It's like the soul of sugar
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| Y por las cañas que va cortando
| And because of the canes that he cuts
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| Su Tucumán lo está llorando
| His Tucumán of him is crying
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| Cuando el cansancio lo gana
| When tiredness wins
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| A eso de media mañana
| Around mid-morning
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| El vientito que le sopla
| The little wind that blows
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| Le va soltando una copla
| He drops a couplet
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| La pena ya no se le hace tanta
| The penalty is no longer so much
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| Si anda una zamba en su garganta
| If there is a zamba in your throat
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| Y si la tarde lo alcanza
| And if the afternoon catches up with him
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| Postergando su esperanza
| Postponing your hope
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| Regresa por los rastrojos
| He comes back through the stubble
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| Con sudor en los ojos
| with sweat in the eyes
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| Changuito Aguirre muchacho tierno
| Changuito Aguirre tender boy
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| Florcita en la voz del invierno
| Little flower in the voice of winter
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| La madrugada ya está
| The morning is already
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| Adolfo Aguirre se va a pelar
| Adolfo Aguirre is going to peel
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| Su juventud en el surco
| His youth of him in the groove
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| Es como el alma del azúcar
| It's like the soul of sugar
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| Y por las cañas que va cortando
| And because of the canes that he cuts
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| Su Tucumán lo está llorando | His Tucumán of him is crying |