Zambas

Now that you are absent
my song in the night carries you
Your hair has the scent
of rain on the earth

Drenched in light
On my nightly guitar
I encircle your waist
Aglow with the stars.

Zamba of my hope
Awakened like a desire
Dream, soul's dream
That sometimes dies without blooming

Star, you who looked
You who heard my opinion
Star, let me sing
Let me desire as I know

On a serene night
I looked, I looked at the blue sky
Contemplating the stars
I asked the most beautiful one

If it was she who illuminated
Your love, my love
To ask for her
From the merciful God, resignation

With the jute skirt
and long braids
I saw you pass by

And right there, to my dark horse
in the backyard
I made him neigh

How to forget you, Cerrillos
If because of you I have a woman
Dark-skinned woman from Cerrillos with soul and life I will sing to you
Every carnival I will take to Cerrillos

Tents of Salta
I remember them again
bandoneon and guitar
Zambas to dance

Tents of La Silleta
Campo Quijano and La Merced
All of Salta celebrating
Who could go back