Mi Gatito Pardo
Los Chalchaleros
My Brown Kitten
(Cat)
I had a brown kitten
of good breed,
hunting the little doves
he brought to the ranch.
Hisquitalla causaraicu
my companion cat,
he hunted the birds
I cooked as a chef.
Hunting the little doves
he brought to the ranch.
Difficulties taught me
I have never been a thinker,
what do the countrymen say
about the hunting kitten.
(Whistle)
Of good breed.
In my homeland there is joy
and it's very nice
when the little coyotes sing
their songs.
Sapa yuiaspa huakani
from my homeland those songs,
little crickets and crespines
kill the sorrows.
When the little coyotes sing
their songs.
Even crickets sing,
they say from my homeland,
I am also a wild singer
of my beloved Santiago.
(Whistle)
They are from my homeland.
________
(1) Popcorn.
(2) We lived alone together.
(3) I was the chef.
(4) What do the countrymen say.
(5) Every time I remember I cry.
(6) They kill those sorrows.
(7) Even crickets sing.
(8) That's what they say about my homeland.
(9) Wild singer.
(10) Beloved or loved one.
