La Chimpa Machu
Cuando quiero, quiero mucho si me olvidan no me quejo
Cuando me quieren dejar antes que me dejen dejo
El corazón de una moza me dicen que yo lo tengo
Yo no se pa' qué me sirve el corazón sin el cuerpo
En el juego del amor dos cosas yo he aprendido
No agrandarme si he ganado ni achicarme si he perdido
Chacarera; chacarera, chacarera chimpa machu
Pa' alcanzar su corazón si no es hoy aykappas kachun
La pena y la que no es pena todo es pena para mí
Ayer penaba por verla hoy peno porque la vi
Ella es una, yo soy uno uno y uno somos dos
Dos que quisieran ser uno pero no lo quiere Dios
El amor es cuesta arriba el olvido es cuesta abajo
Voy a subir cuesta arriba aunque me cueste trabajo
Mayu mayu chimpa manta chacarera flor de tusca
Me dice que no me quiere ¿yo no sé por qué me busca?
The Monkey's Dance
When I want, I want a lot, if they forget me I don't complain
When they want to leave me before they leave me, I leave
They say I have a girl's heart, I don't know what good it does me
I don't know what good a heart is without the body
In the game of love, two things I have learned
Not to boast if I've won, not to shrink if I've lost
Chacarera; chacarera, monkey's dance
To reach her heart, if not today, it will be tomorrow
Sorrow and what is not sorrow, everything is sorrow to me
Yesterday I suffered to see her, today I suffer because I saw her
She is one, I am one, one and one we are two
Two who would like to be one but God doesn't want it
Love is uphill, forgetting is downhill
I'm going to climb uphill even if it's hard work
River, river, monkey's dance, flower of the tusca
She tells me she doesn't love me, I don't know why she looks for me