Los Espantos
Yo llegué hasta una quebrada
Persiguiendo a una guagua
Cuando ya la iba agarrar
Me salió la madre de agua
La madre de agua corre, corre, corre, que te alcanza
Corre, corre, corre, que te coge corre, corre, la madre de agua
Corriendo tras un venado
Me fui del sur para el norte
Cuando ya lo iba a agarrar
Me salió la madre monte
La madre monte corre, corre, corre que te alcanza
Corre, corre, corre que ya viene corre, corre, la madre monte
Yo le apunte a una culebra
Que pasó sobre las olas
Cuando le iba disparar
Me salió la patasola
La patasola corre, corre, corre, que te alcanza
Corre, corre, corre, que allá viene corre, corre, la patasola
Cuando yo iba de regreso
De tutunendo a quibdó
Me paró en la carretera
El mismito mohán de ichó
El mohán de ichó corre, corre, corre que te alcanza
Corre, corre, corre, que ya viene corre, corre, el mohán de ichó
Una vieja me pidio por
Dios que la acompañara
Cuando se fue agigantando
Y esa era la entaconada
La enconada corre, corre, corre, que te coge
Corre, corre, corre, que allá viene corre, corre la entaconada
Y yo que nunca creía
Ni en espantos ni agûeros
Saben quien me iba llevando
El duende con su sombrero
Con su sombrero el duende, duende, duende corre
Que te agarra, corre, corre, corre que te coge el duende el duende con su sombrero
The Ghosts
I arrived at a ravine
Chasing a guagua
When I was about to catch it
The mother of water appeared
The mother of water runs, runs, runs, she's catching up to you
Run, run, run, she's getting you, run, run, the mother of water
Running after a deer
I went from the south to the north
When I was about to catch it
The mother of the mountain appeared
The mother of the mountain runs, runs, runs, she's catching up to you
Run, run, run, she's coming, run, run, the mother of the mountain
I aimed at a snake
That passed over the waves
When I was about to shoot
The patasola appeared
The patasola runs, runs, runs, she's catching up to you
Run, run, run, she's coming, run, run, the patasola
When I was returning
From Tutunendo to Quibdó
I stopped on the road
The very same mohán de ichó
The mohán de ichó runs, runs, runs, she's catching up to you
Run, run, run, she's coming, run, run, the mohán de ichó
An old lady asked me
By God to accompany her
When she grew bigger
And that was the entaconada
The entaconada runs, runs, runs, she's getting you
Run, run, run, she's coming, run, run, the entaconada
And I who never believed
In ghosts or omens
Guess who was leading me
The duende with his hat
With his hat the duende, duende, duende runs
He's catching you, run, run, run, the duende is getting you, the duende with his hat