Un Guarao

Down the river in a canoe
An Indian and a macaw
Four monkeys and a toucan

They buy us gadgets
Because in the name of the state
That's the help they give

To a Guarara, to a Guarao
To a Guarara, to a Guarao
The Guarao, comrades
With arrows and blowpipes
The Venezuelan land
Was the first to defend

Today, as a reward
A cigar and a portrait
Also a Christian name
And the right to take communion

I forgot to tell you
That they can also vote
I forgot to tell you
That they can also vote

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao

Since not everything is so bad
I name four things
That the Guarao appreciates
From civilization

Old clothes, blond Indians
A chief named Julio
And a soursop tree
A chief named Julio
And a soursop tree

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao

The bitterness of the Guarao
Does not take away the sweetness
Of the water from the marsh

Who will take away the pain
If to their god Auyantepuy
They call him So-and-So
If to their god Auyantepuy
They call him 'Angel Waterfall'

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao

If you also discovered
That the tears of those children
Are just like ours

And even more similar
To the tears in the hills
Don't try to seek
Earthly indulgences
On a little path to heaven

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao

Leave it deep in the jungle
With its toucan song
If it eats bitter yucca
There it won't be able to hear

That the Indian is somewhat humble
That the Guarao smells bad
That the Indian is somewhat humble
That the Guarao smells bad

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao

Give it a song, a Guarao
Because the day will come
When we can give
The dawn of life
That they insist on denying

A Guarara, a Guarao
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a brother
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a human
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a human
Give it a song, a Guarao
A Guarara, a brother
Give it a song, a Guarao