Cancion Del Jangadero

Down the river I go, carrying the raft
Down the river, along the Upper Parana
It's the weight of the collapsed shadow
That seeking the horizon will descend.
Down the river, down the river, down the river,
On the water's surface, I bleed out this song
I see the dream of life and work
My heart turns into water hyacinth.

Riverboatman...riverboatman
My destiny on the river is to drift
From the depths of the lumber mill
With the longing of the water that flows away.

Father river, your scales of living gold
Are the dream that takes us further
We go after the elusive horizon
And the blood with the water flows away.
Side to side, sun and moon, sky and water
Mirage that never seems to pass
Skin of mud, fabulous water lily
The passion of sailing devours me.

Riverboatman...riverboatman.