Rio Abajo

I am the water
I am the life
I am the mother of the crystal-clear spring
I am a musical chant of rhythms
I am the key to this world and its potion
I am the rain that gives you the downpour
The permanent downpour
The true love
I am the volcano from the sky
The growing lava that runs through the icy fields
I am the daughter of the earth
I am the lover who cultivates the fruits and their planting
I am the dew that splashes fiercely
The sun rays a penetrating rainbow

I am sweet
I am salty
I am the feather of the Andean arrow with its dance
I am the hope of my people
I am the intact promise and I am the blood of this land
I am the comfort
I am the cure
I am the purest figure
I am the snow
I am the mist
I am the waterfall accepted as a cataract
The sudden stream of life that portrays us
I am the skin of all
I am the snowflake that cries for your eyes
I am that force that rushes into the center of the bud where the seed is born

You cannot name me
You cannot capture me
My love is too huge
Your chains do not hold me
I do not fit in your boxes
Nor do your dams trap me
And even if you want to control me
I flow downstream without you being able to dominate me
Your bottles do not confine me
I gift water from the mountain range
No mining company can extract me
No way your irrigation can steal me
The abundant fertility that I bring in my luggage
I come to share my life on this journey
There is no force that surpasses my nature
Nor any machine that can stop my skill
That's how Grandma Cricket sang it, whispering sweetly in your ear

I am the water
I am the life
I am the mother of the crystal-clear spring
I am a musical chant of rhythms
I am the key to this world and its potion
I am the rain that gives you the downpour
The permanent downpour
The true love
I am the volcano from the sky
The growing lava that runs through the icy fields

Take me to the sea where the sun truly hides
To the horizon where man falls
I want to see the titanic star where it endures the rain of illusions
I want to love towards the sea where the sun truly hides
To the horizon where man falls
I want to see the titanic star where it endures the rain of illusions
I want to love towards the sea where the sun truly hides
To the horizon where man falls
I want to see the highland star
Where the rain of illusions hides