La Flor Azul

The Blue Flower

La Flor Azul

That only my old tunal remainsQue solo me voy quedando mi viejo tunal
Listening to the river sing for the carnivalOyendo cantar al río para el carnaval

A hope accompanies me in lonelinessMe acompaña una esperanza en la soledad
When the huayra muyoj whistles through the salt flatCuando silba el huayra muyoj por el salitral

You were a very leafy tree, poor heartÁrbol fuiste bien coposo pobre corazón
Tree left without leaves without a love nestÁrbol que quedó sin hojas sin nido de amor

Tell him... Tell that blue flower chacareraDile... Dile chacarera a esa flor azul
At night I look for her by the southern crossQue de noche yo la busco por la cruz del sur

This pain in love pains without ceasingEsta pena enamorada pena sin cesar
Looking to become a song to make me cryBuscando volverse copla pa' hacerme llorar

Amalaya with the luck that I have hadAmalaya con la suerte que a mi me ha tocado
Singing for the sake of singing, singing without being heardCantar por cantar cantando sin ser escuchado

When I remember his sweet-looking eyesCuando recuerdo sus ojos de dulce mirar
I sit down with my dog alone to whistleMe acomodo con mi perro solito a pitar

Tell him, tell him, chacarera, my sorrowDile, dile chacarera de éste, mi pesar
That vidala is coming back to me for the carnivalQue vidala se me vuelve para el carnaval