Coplas Del Caminador

Verses of the Walker

Coplas Del Caminador

(The folk music of the prairie(La milonga de la pampa
Is good skill to braid)Es buen tiento pa' trenzar)
(The tie of a feeling(El lazo de un sentimiento
That no one can cut)Que naides podrá cortar)

(I don't go to the pharmacies(Yo no voy a las boticas
To buy medicine)La medicina a comprar)
(I strum the guitar and sing(Pulso la guitarra y canto
With songs I know how to heal)Con cantos me sé curar)

(When I stumble, I fall(Cuando tropiezo me caigo
And immediately know how to think)Y enseguida sé pensar)
(Those who weren't born to be toads(Que el que no nació pa' sapo
Should turn back and stand up)A devolverse a parar)

(With the first and second(Con la prima y la segunda
I usually embroider my verses)Mi copla suelo bordar)
(The third one has sorrows(La tercera tiene penas
And endures to avoid crying)Y aguanta por no llorar)

(The fourth one is romantic(La cuarta es romanticona
Always likes to dream)Siempre le gusta soñar)
(It's lazy and sweet(Es perezoso y dulzona
Like a flower from the orange grove)Como flor del naranjal)

(The fifth one is a gate(La quinta es una tranquera
That no one knew how to grease)Que naides supo engrasar)
(It feels lonely in the field(Se siente sola en el campo
And its loneliness is deep)Y es honda su soledad)

(The sixth one is a tough rope(La sexta es cuerda machaza
Maybe born to lead)Quizás nació pa' mandar)
(It leads the herd(Ella entabla la tropilla
And no one can outsmart it)Y naides la hace calar)

(Guitar, when I die(Guitarra cuando me muera
Maybe you'll go with someone else)Tal vez con otro te irás)
(But the wind is a good friend(Pero el viento es buen amigo
And your song will bring me back)Y tu canto me traerá)