Alegres Enramadas

They already announce the party by beating their drums
Old vidaleros in the plains
{A couplet is born to the mountains
For the people of Santiago, carnival arrives} repeat

The rough braziers return from afar
A deep nostalgia brings them home
(The land calls them, Santiago rejoices
If absence is tears, return is singing)

The rough braziers return from afar
A deep nostalgia brings them home
(The land calls them, Santiago rejoices
If absence is tears, return is singing)

Joyful ramadas
And there, in the trenches, the dust
In the dance grows a festive destiny
And the musicians play the guitar

To the Santiago ramadas we go
The drums call us, carnival has arrived

A chacarera in the whistle of the wind
A touch of zamba, sweetening the salt
{When dawn comes bringing doves
Dancing and singing will find us} repeat

Marshes wandering in the verses
Drumming of drums in the sleepless night
{In the salamanca of the long nights
A carnival-goer will dream of a summer} repeat