El Encuentro
Los Chalchaleros
The Encounter
(Cueca)
Partying to Jáchal
riding on a donkey heel to heel
I met a lady
her soul alone by the canyon.
Right there in the shade
of the jarilla in the sandy area
she appeared plump
like a queen from that jarillal.
Chorus
Whoever left her alone
should not complain about me
I don't reject those who invite me
and I treat ladies well.
I'm from Jáchal, just so you know
she'll walk lightly with me.
I caress her neck
her beautiful neck trembling as well
and in a thirsty impulse
looking at the sky, I kissed her mouth.
I will tell you that the lady
from that encounter by the canyon
was a demijohn
with ten little liters of good wine.
Chorus
When I go and when I return
from Jáchal to San Juan
I entertain myself with my donkey
always with the same eagerness
to find a barrel well filled
with good wine from old San Juan.
