Kai Plazapi (Aquí en la plaza)

A memory of my hometown
When I was a little boy
Dancing barefoot
With lively malambos

When my dear old mom
Would scold me
She would pack in the saddlebag
The tamales and chalas

One early morning
We left my house
With the boys stomping
Around the corner of the square

When the guard came
And shouted kai plazapi
Amapuya ichumucita
Cacha chacha cuztiarani

Some sing for work
Others sing for their fame
I was born in the lowlands
They call me singing frog

Yearning and wanting
I want to marry you
I give you all I have
Let me be well for chipaco

I don't forget my hometown
The years that have passed
The boys in the square
From Santiago del Estero

When the guard came
And shouted kai plazapi
Amapuya ichumucita
Cacha chacha cuztiarani