El Gallo Azul

It was in Cañas that I found
In a ranch among the mountains
The tender maiden, whom I sang about

It was a family celebration
The maiden's birthday
Better than a rose was that flower

The accordion waved
A light maxixa
That made you want to enter the dance

I said to her, 'May I?'
And she said, 'As you wish!'
The birthday is yours, I could guess

Did you come from the city? I came from Tacuarembó
Just to see me? Your humble servant
Will you leave from here? When the blue rooster crows
And will you forget me? May you never see the light again

But life took me
Through unknown fields
I carry oblivion, everything I took

I camped in Cebollatí
And slept by the border
The Brazilian woman accompanied me

Now I want to remember
The maiden with brown eyes
In that white and blue ranch

And bent by the bonfire
Not even its light shines on me
I live in shadows, I carry my cross