Coplas Para Un Amigo
Lito Romero
Verses for a Friend
His guitar with moons strung on it is made of earth
And there are ancient birds chirping in its entrails
Carlos is playing salamander between his ropes
With a sweet chacarera strum calling
I saw Santiago's brown skin bristling
Silence the male mountain listening to its vidalas
Carlos Carabajal, Patón I'm flirting with you
The sonko in a truncated monkey I am offering you
The scream of the macha bursts in the throat
There goes Carlitos singing to his band
Horizons of crickets and fireflies light up
When the nights spill juices of honey and weeds
I saw him making a star and wine, farming
With the dream awake the dawn tearing
Carlos Carabajal, Patón I'm flirting with you
The sonko in a truncated monkey I am offering you
