Naci Pà Cantarle Al Llano

I Was Born to Sing to the Plains

Naci Pà Cantarle Al Llano

There is nothing on earthNo hay cosa sobre la tierra
My blessed God that hurts a llanero moreMi dios bendito que hiera mas a un llanero
Singer as I amCantante como soy yo
In love, composer and troubadourEnamorado, compositor y coplero
And it's just missing the voiceY es que le falte la voz

To sing to the plains and its pathsPara cantarle al llano y a sus senderos
I say this because I have livedLo digo porque he vivido
Beloved plain moments of despairLlano querido momentos de desesperos
When I wanted to sing to youEn que he querido cantarte

And please you but my throat fails meY complacerte pero me falla el garguero
And it's as if they were breaking meY es como si me partieran
The heart with a whip of steelEl corazón con un látigo de acero

So many beautiful songs that enrich my songbookTantas canciones bonitas que nutren mi cancionero
Some that tell romances of times gone byUnas que cuentan romances de los tiempos que se fueron
And others that are reminiscences of my soul as a revelerY otras que son remembranzas de mi alma de parrandero

Most are for the plain where I was born in FebruaryLa mayoría son pa' el llano donde yo nací en febrero
In them I worship, respect and venerate itEn ellas le rindo culto, lo respeto y lo venero
Because I was born to sing to you, my plain, and if I don't, I diePorque nací pa' cantarte mi llano y sino me muero

If I lose my voiceSi llego a perder la voz
Definitely I will go to the wild plainDefinitivo me voy al llano ceñero
To share my sadnessA compartir mi tristeza

With the roads and the terronal of the estuaryCon los caminos y el terronal del estero
With the stream and the sockCon el caño y la calceta
The lagoons, the pica and the watering holeLos lagunazos, la pica y el bebedero

I will dedicate myself to listeningMe dedicare a escuchar
To the birds with their morning trillLos pajaritos con su trido mañanero
Watching herds and groupsViendo rebaños y atajos
Through the savannah looking towards the feederPor la sabana buscando hacia el comedero
Embedded in restEnbedido en el reposo
Happy and lively of the colts and calvesAlegre y brioso de los potros y terneros

I will look for a hectare in the mountain and I will make a ranchito vegueroBuscare un has en el monte y haré un ranchito veguero
On the banks of the Arauca River where the bonguero passedA orillas del rió arauca por donde pase el bonguero
Where pure plain air is breathed on all four boundariesDonde se respire llano puro por cuatro linderos

From there I will grab the loving pen of the garceroDe allá agarrare la pluma querendona del garcero
And in the evening I will sit on the tranqueroY al llegar la tardecita me sentare en el tranquero
To write to you and contemplate you, my plain, because I love youA escribirte y contemplarte llano mio porque te quiero