Alma de Rezabaile
El baile ya ha comenzado
Allá por Santiago del Estero
Retumba toda la selva
El repicar de un bombo legüero
De fiesta toda la noche
Al dulce brillo de las estrellas
Bailaba la Telesita
Que era la danza, que era la reina
Nochecitas santiagueñas
Ardientes, puras noches de plata
La luna sobre del monte
En luz brillante se desparrama
Que baile la Telesita
Dulce y fragante como las flores
Gritaba la paisanada
Emborrachada de amores
Que busca la pobrecita
Tal vez la danza le de un consuelo
Tu pollera remolino
Tus pies descalzos, trompo de fuego
Telesita, Telesita
Te has vuelto lluvia, te has vuelto luna
Te has vuelto flor de los campos
Te has vuelto brisa que me perfuma
Han pasado muchos años
Pero tu pueblo nunca te olvida
Bailando en los rezabailes
Para que tu alma siga encendida
Soul of Rezabaile
The dance has already begun
There in Santiago del Estero
The whole jungle resounds
The beating of a bombo legüero
Partying all night
To the sweet shine of the stars
Telesita was dancing
She was the dance, she was the queen
Santiagueñas nights
Ardent, pure silver nights
The moon over the mountain
Spreads in bright light
Let Telesita dance
Sweet and fragrant like flowers
The country folk shouted
Drunk with love
What is the poor girl looking for
Maybe the dance will give her comfort
Your swirling skirt
Your bare feet, fire top
Telesita, Telesita
You have become rain, you have become moon
You have become flower of the fields
You have become a breeze that perfumes me
Many years have passed
But your town never forgets you
Dancing in the rezabailes
So that your soul remains ignited