Gringa Chaqueña

Gringa Chaqueña

Gringa Chaqueña

Now you areAhora eres
The cradle of peaceLa cuna de la paz
And workY del trabajo
When I inhabited youCuando yo te habite
You were pure tacurusesEras puros tacuruses

Flowerless mountainMonte sin flor
Indigenous and tentedIndiada y tolderia
Fields of thornsCampos de espinas
Bitterness, crosses...Amargura, cruces ...

Blood of my peopleSangre de mi gente
Your mature horizonTu horizonte maduro
Gringos fertilized youGringos te abonaron
With their skin and sweatCon su piel y su sudor

Let me sayDejame decir
What I gave youLo que yo te di
Let me tellDejame que cuente
Of this Chaco that I madeDe este chaco que hice yo

I worked youYo te trabaje
Made of your skinHice de tu piel
A new shadeUna sombra nueva
I gave you cottonYo te di algodon
I offered you childrenHijos te brinde
Harvest facesRostros de cosecha

Wild ChacoChaco montaraz
Redomon TobaToba redomon
I was a whole womanFui mujer entera

Your vacant landTu tierra vacante
Was a big cradleFue una cuna grande
Rough and maternalAspera y materna

Your sterilityTu esterilidad
I fertilizedYo la fecunde
Every new moonCada luna nueva
And giving you lifeY dandote vida
I have felt myselfMe he sentido yo
Quite gringa and also chaqueñaBien gringa y tambien chaqueña