El Kanguí

The Kangui

El Kanguí

There exists in our countrysideExiste en nuestra campiña
In all its latitudesEn todas sus latitudes
Characters that for some reasonPersonajes que por algo
Are passing into legendVan pasando a la leyenda
This one, whom we sing about hereEste, a quien aquí cantamos
The Kangui, they call himEl Kangí, manté lo llaman
And he dwells in our fieldsY habita por nuestros campos
Alone, without a ranch or belongingsSolo, sin rancho ni prenda

How are you, sad gauchoCómo andarás, gaucho triste
Beaten down by destinyAporreao por el destino
Carrying your nostalgia like thisLlevando así tu nostalgia
Without wanting to reveal itSin quererla revelar
Yet, I admire your fortitudeMás, admiro tu entereza
That neither wine nor sugarcaneQue ni el vino ni la caña
Affects your conscienceHace mella en tu conciencia
Your motto is to workTu consigna, es trabajar

Smoking the leaf cigaretteFumando el cigarro de hoja
Brooding over sorrow, he is seen walkingRumiando pena se le ve andar
Always riding his dark horseMontando siempre en su zaino
At a steady pace he goes wanderingAl tranco largo sale a vagar

No one knows his nameNadie su nombre conoce
Everyone calls him Kangui the MantéTodos lo llaman manté el Kangí
It is unknown where he came fromSe ignora de dónde vino
And for what reason he settled hereY por qué causa oikó así

Kangui, KanguiKangí, Kangí
Where did you come fromMbaé nde rasí
Was it some love?Fue algún amor?
That took awayQuien alejó
From your lifeDe tu vivir
The smileEl sonreír

He doesn't talk at dancesEn los bailes no conversa
Only goes to listen to the musicSólo la música va a escuchar
In races, if he betsEn las carreras, si juega
He knows how to bet without commentsSin comentarios sabe apostar

During the branding seasonEn el tiempo de la yerra
He goes to work on the ranchesPor las estancias va a trabajar
In handling the lassoEn el manejo de el lazo
Hardly anyone can match himDifícil alguien lo ha de igualar