La Chimpa Machu

The Monkey's Dance

La Chimpa Machu

When I want, I want a lot, if they forget me I don't complainCuando quiero, quiero mucho si me olvidan no me quejo
When they want to leave me before they leave me, I leaveCuando me quieren dejar antes que me dejen dejo

They say I have a girl's heart, I don't know what good it does meEl corazón de una moza me dicen que yo lo tengo
I don't know what good a heart is without the bodyYo no se pa' qué me sirve el corazón sin el cuerpo

In the game of love, two things I have learnedEn el juego del amor dos cosas yo he aprendido
Not to boast if I've won, not to shrink if I've lostNo agrandarme si he ganado ni achicarme si he perdido

Chacarera; chacarera, monkey's danceChacarera; chacarera, chacarera chimpa machu
To reach her heart, if not today, it will be tomorrowPa' alcanzar su corazón si no es hoy aykappas kachun

Sorrow and what is not sorrow, everything is sorrow to meLa pena y la que no es pena todo es pena para mí
Yesterday I suffered to see her, today I suffer because I saw herAyer penaba por verla hoy peno porque la vi

She is one, I am one, one and one we are twoElla es una, yo soy uno uno y uno somos dos
Two who would like to be one but God doesn't want itDos que quisieran ser uno pero no lo quiere Dios

Love is uphill, forgetting is downhillEl amor es cuesta arriba el olvido es cuesta abajo
I'm going to climb uphill even if it's hard workVoy a subir cuesta arriba aunque me cueste trabajo

River, river, monkey's dance, flower of the tuscaMayu mayu chimpa manta chacarera flor de tusca
She tells me she doesn't love me, I don't know why she looks for meMe dice que no me quiere ¿yo no sé por qué me busca?