La Boliviana
De Bolivia vengo bajando,
ayayay, pobre mi cholita.
Sabe Dios si volveré
a la tierra donde nací.
Clavelitos, clavelitos
envueltos en un papelito.
Corazón de piedra dura
ojos de mantialito.
Ya me voy, ya me voy,
ya me voy, ya me voy yendo.
Sabe Dios si volveré
a la tierra donde nací.
The Bolivian Woman
From Bolivia I come down,
ayayay, poor my cholita.
God knows if I will return
to the land where I was born.
Little carnations, little carnations
wrapped in a little paper.
Heart of hard stone
eyes of mantialito.
I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now,
I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now.
God knows if I will return
to the land where I was born.