Lyrics of Zamba A Monteros - Mercedes Sosa

Zamba A Monteros (original)

A ella que le gusta que todos la nombren
Con una guitarra y un bombo legüero
A ella que le gusta que le enciendan coplas
Por eso te nombra mi canto Monteros
A ella que me viera de chango mirando
Al ingenio tibio corazon de hierro
A ella que las cañas la visten de verde
Por eso te nombro en mi canto Monteros
Y mas dulce que tus guarapos
Son las niñas que hay en tu pueblo
Se que por tus venas de azucar despierta
Toda la alegria mi linda Monteros
A ella que el poeta la vio tempranera
Tarareando duendes de vinos pateros
Y dejo en su cielo la rosa galana
Por eso te nombra mi canto Monteros
A ella que en noviembre le pide a los grillos
Otra vez el canto del hombre zafrero
A ella que le gusta que le enciendan coplas
Por eso te nombra mi canto Monteros
Y mas dulce que tus guarapos
Son las niñas que hay en tu pueblo
Se que por tus venas de azucar despierta
Toda la alegria mi linda Monteros

(translation)

She who likes everyone to name her
With a guitar and a legüero bass drum
She who likes to be turned on by couplets
That's why my song Monteros names you
To her that she saw me as a monkey looking
To the lukewarm heart of iron
To her that her canes dress her in green
That's why I name you in my song Monteros
And sweeter than your guarapos
They are the girls in your town
She knows that through your sugar veins she wakes up
All the joy my beautiful Monteros
She that the poet saw early
Humming pateros wine goblins
And I leave the galana rose in her sky
That's why my song Monteros names you
To her who in November asks the crickets
Again the song of the sugarcane man
She who likes to be turned on by couplets
That's why my song Monteros names you
And sweeter than your guarapos
They are the girls in your town
I know that through your sugar veins you wake up
All the joy my beautiful Monteros