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Hardened guava
That the heart accompanies me
Looking at me all crumpled
You don't lose your knack

Hardened guava
That the heart accompanies me
Looking at me all crumpled
You don't lose your knack

God willing I don't come across
Another of that kind
That as soon as you turn around
She signs up for another campaign
That's when a person
After being good gets hurt

She wrapped me in her webs
With spider-like cunning
And the pain she caused me
Hid in my entrails
Sometimes I try to get it out
But it makes me dizzy and deceives me

That's the damn drink
That beats me and scolds me
But I don't know what I would do
Without my guava without cane

That's the damn drink
That beats me and scolds me
But I don't know what I would do
Without my guava without cane

Tell me when that breeze
Coming from the mountain
Reaches me with its memories
Like sowing discord in me
That's when, inconsolable
My chest bathes in tears

Tomorrow, on the day I saddle up
My old chestnut mare
And I leave because I don't want
To continue with this deceit
Because that's like swimming
Surrounded by piranhas

Let the river flow quietly
Between the ravine and the beach
So the black catfish can swim
And the turtles can lay their eggs

Let the river flow quietly
Between the ravine and the beach
So the black catfish can swim
And the turtles can lay their eggs

She must be thinking
That I lack courage
To get out of this abyss
Where pain overwhelms me
But life is more perverse
Family, why not try

But as I am a man
Who doesn't give up in a fight
Even if I have to give my all
I will give her the battle
Not to die
On the edge of that scoundrel's dagger