Pa' Repartir Lo Vivido

To Share What's Been Lived

Pa' Repartir Lo Vivido

My footprint was aheadIba mi huella adelante
on familiar paths;por caminos conocidos;
but then a storm camepero vino una tormenta
and my destiny was erased.y se me borró el destino.

A painful and lingering shineUn brillo que duele y queda
crossed through my guitar:me atravesó la guitarra:
it was the memories of elves,eran los duendes recuerdos,
wow, how beautifully they sang!¡pucha qué lindo cantaban!

The landscape lit up,Se iluminaba el paisaje,
my chest lit up too:se iluminaba mi pecho:
my bare feet were thereestaban mis pies descalzos
recognizing my ground.reconociendo mi suelo.

A way to flyUna forma de volar
without searching, I had found:sin buscar había encontrado:
to bring out the verses from withinsacar las coplas de adentro
and give my song from within.y dar de adentro mi canto.

I am my own memory,Yo soy mi propia memoria,
verses that I am gatheringcoplillas que voy juntando
to share what's been lived,pa' repartir lo vivido,
like someone sowing while singing.como quien siembra cantando.

Perhaps a silent screamTal vez un grito callado
made of flesh and wood,hecho de carne madera,
that enters the huayra muyoj,que se mete al huayra muyoj,
to release chacareras.para soltar chacareras.

As a countryman used to say,Como decía un paisano,
there's no singing river without stones:no hay río cantor sin piedras:
love and pain come together,amor y dolor se juntan,
dancing in the dust.bailando en la polvadera.

I travel with the wind,Voy con el viento viajando,
to sing to oblivion;para cantarle al olvido;
behind, the bird of oblivionatrás se muere de antojo
dies of longing.el pájaro del olvido.