El Chasqui Venancio Caro

The crickets of dawn
Break the glass of tears
He's dying of old age
The Messenger Venancio Caro

One hundred and thirteen full years
They gallop long roads
And at the end of the relay
He arrives without a horse
And at the end of the relay
He arrives without a horse

Back in the year twelve
The mail from Santiago arrived
Trumpets tell of fame
With duties of Belgrano
Trumpets tell of fame
With duties of Belgrano

The little medal he keeps
The candle and the reliquary
The nuns of Belén
Gave him for safekeeping
The nuns of Belén
Gave him for safekeeping

With orange clouds
The roosters fight to the death
And the Gaucho Messenger agonizes
Silence of sky and field
And the Gaucho Messenger agonizes
Silence of sky and field

In the Rosario estate
On the Bracho road
He now rests forever
The Messenger Venancio Caro
He now rests forever
The Messenger Venancio Caro
The little medal he keeps
The candle and the reliquary
The nuns of Belén
Gave him for safekeeping
The nuns of Belén
Gave him for safekeeping

With orange clouds
His roosters fight to the death
The gaucho messenger agonizes
Silence of sky and fields
Embers of Dream flourish
Of a thousand hearths and songs
Or is it crying the memory
Of walking and galloping
In the Rosario estate
On the Bracho road
He now rests forever
The messenger Venancio Caro