Canción Mansa Para Un Pueblo Bravo

Gentle Song for a Brave Town

Canción Mansa Para Un Pueblo Bravo

The weeping of the cumaraguasEl lagrimiar de las cumaraguas
Is covering all my landEsta cubriendo toda mi tierra
They ask for life and give it a centuryPiden la vida y le dan un siglo
But as long as nothing happensPero con tal que no pase naa

In my gentle landEn mi tierra mansa
My gentle landMi mansa tierra

I know that one day you had dreamsYo se que un día tuvistes sueños
You moved a river when you were littleMoviste un río cuando pequeño
But your soul was happyPero tu alma se te alegraba
With the arrival of the stormCon la llegada del vendaval

Tired footprints mark your stepsHuellas cansadas tienen tus pasos
But even though the river is very gentlePero aunque el río sea muy manso
Little by little it faces the seaPoquito a poco se enfrenta al mar

Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
Fill the cardonal with shoutsLlena de gritos el cardonal
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And a beautiful song to singY un canto hermoso para cantar
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And the people have started to sowY ya la gente empezó a sembrar

Sometimes I think that the whole townA veces pienso que todo el pueblo
Is a boy runningEs un muchacho que va corriendo
After the hope that is slipping awayTras la esperanza que se le va

The young blood and the old dreamLa sangre joven y al sueño viejo
But by stopping being foolishPero dejando de ser pendejo
That hope will become trueEsa esperanza será verdad

Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
Fill the cardonal with shoutsLlena de gritos el cardonal
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And a beautiful song to singY un canto hermoso para cantar
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And the people have started to sowY ya la gente empezó a sembrar

Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
For the gentle town is now wildQue el pueblo manso ya es montaraz
Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
Fill the cardonal with shoutsLlena de grito el cardonal
Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial

The apamates have dressed upLos apamates ya se vistieron
Like the Nazarenes at LentComo en cuaresma los nazarenos
Sweet cheek of my townDulce mejilla la de mi pueblo
The second one is hurtingQue a la segunda le esta doliendo
To my gentle town, my gentle townA mi pueblo manso, mi manso pueblo

Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
Fill the cardonal with shoutsLlena de gritos el cardonal
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And a beautiful song to singY un canto hermoso para cantar
For there are semerucos up in the hillQue hay semerucos allá en el cerro
And the people have started to sowY ya la gente empezó a sembrar

Red sun, east windSol colorado, viento del este
The arms of the great sleeper openSe abren los brazos del gran durmiente
The gentle goat is always herdedQue al chivo manso siempre lo arrean
And that doesn't happen if it's wildY eso no pasa si es montaraz

Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
For the gentle town is now wildQue el pueblo manso ya es montaraz
Return to your turpial songVuelve a tu canto de turpial
For the gentle town is now wildQue el pueblo manso ya es montaraz