El sacha cantor

The singing Sacha

El sacha cantor

(Chacarera)(Chacarera)

With the devil's stringsCon el encordao´ del diablo
you had your old guitar,tenías tu vieja guitarra,
full of suns and moonsllena de soles y lunas
dreaming vidalas.soñando vidalas.

Strumming chacarerasDeshojando chacareras
you walked the roads,por los caminos andaba,
cheek to cheek with the wine,tupe y tupe con el vino,
knocking down sorrows.las penas volteaba

Renowned workerTareador de larga fama
prayer and healer,rezador y curandero,
less for praisesmenos pa´ las alabanzas
in the cemeteries.en los cementerios.

Embraced with your guitarAbrazao con tu guitarra
you poured out joyful verses,volcabas coplas dichosas,
Sacha, singer of my land,Sacha, cantor de mi pago,
with the gravelly voice.de la voz arenosa.

In the vineyard cartsEn las zorras viñateras
along the vineyard,costeándolo al vinalar,
in poncho and black hatde poncho y sombrero negro
you were seen passing by.te han visto pasar.

Your eyes were dull,Tus ojos eran sin brillo,
dimmed from crying so much,velay de tanto llorar,
for a love you lostpor un amor que perdiste
for a carnival.para un carnaval.

Where your verses gatheredAnde tus coplas juntaba
to make you sing,para ponerte a cantar,
just like the cacuy,lo mismito que el cacuy,
in the middle of the cactus.en medio ´el tunal.

Embraced with your guitarAbrazao´ con tu guitarra
you poured out joyful verses,volcabas coplas dichosas,
Sacha, singer of my land,Sacha, cantor de mi pago,
with the gravelly voice.de la voz arenosa.