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Lost Zamba

Atahualpa Yupanqui

Zamba Perdida

Si encuentras por el camino
Una zambita perdida
Ofrécele el corazón
Quién sabe no vaya herida

Quién sabe no vaya herida
Por esos campos penando
Bríndale un poco de amor
Para que siga cantando

Para que siga cantando
Las linduras de este suelo
Que si la vida te golpea
La zamba ha de ser tu consuelo

Nunca mires pa’ atrás
Para ver lo que has andado
Míralo a tu corazón
Que lleva un mundo guardado

Que lleva un mundo guardado
De auroras y anochecidas
Y anda buscando un remedio
Para curar tus heridas
Y anda buscando un remedio
Para curar sus heridas

Para curar sus heridas
Las mismas que tú le hiciste
Tal vez por eso anda triste
Como una zamba perdida
Tal vez por eso anda triste
Como una zamba perdida

Lost Zamba

If you find along the way
A lost little zamba
Offer it your heart
Who knows, it might not be wounded

Who knows, it might not be wounded
Wandering through those fields
Give it a little love
So it keeps on singing

So it keeps on singing
The beauties of this land
Because if life hits you
The zamba will be your solace

Never look back
To see what you've walked
Look into your heart
That carries a whole world inside

That carries a whole world inside
Of dawns and nights
And it's looking for a remedy
To heal your wounds
And it's looking for a remedy
To heal its wounds

To heal its wounds
The same ones you caused
Maybe that's why it's sad
Like a lost zamba
Maybe that's why it's sad
Like a lost zamba

Escrita por: Atahualpa Yupanqui