Pelusitas de Totora

Cattail fluff

Pelusitas de Totora

truncated chacareraChacarera trunca

Where the heat is bornAllá donde el calor nace
coloring hummingbirdscoloreando picaflores
I would like to leave my soulquisiera dejar el alma
to relieve painpara aliviarle dolores

Sense I go at nightSentido voy por la noche
from Santiago to Tipirode Santiago hasta Tipiro
and the whistle breaksy el silbido se me quiebra
between sigh and sighentre suspiro y suspiro

"Chujchalita", disdainful"Chujchalita", desdeñosa
that you have denied me your lovesqueme has negao´tus amores
You have to walk through Cachi PampaHas de andar por Cachi Pampa
made a bunch of flowershecha un manojito´i flores

AND JUST LIKE THAT THEY ARE VIDITAYY ASI NOMÁS SON VIDITAY
MY SORRINES HOW I FEEL THEMMIS PENAS COMO LAS SIENTO
REED FLUFFSPELUSITAS DE TOTORA
THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE WINDQUE ANDAN JUGANDO EN EL VIENTO

I am a singer and excuse meYo soy cantor y disculpen
santiagueñito´i bornsantiagueñito´i nacido
I'm like the old quebrachosoy como el viejo quebracho
I live better without carevivo mejor al descuido

Between the moon and my sorrowsEntre la luna y mis penas
there is no longer any indifferenceya ni cabe indiferencia
when the night camecuando el vino de lanoche
relieves my pain of absencesalivia mi mal de ausencias

Jasmine looks like the starJazmín parece el lucero
in the summer skiesen los cielos del verano
when I remember you beautifulcuando te recuerdo bella
with white light of miraclecon blanca luz de milagro

AND JUST LIKE THAT THEY ARE VIDITAYY ASI NOMÁS SON VIDITAY
MY SORRINES HOW I FEEL THEMMIS PENAS COMO LAS SIENTO
REED FLUFFSPELUSITAS DE TOTORA
THAT ARE PLAYING IN THE WINDQUE ANDAN JUGANDO EN EL VIENTO