El Gavilán
Los Olimareños
The Sparrowhawk
If the sparrowhawk were to eat
listen well how it eats the cattle
If the sparrowhawk were to eat
listen well how it eats the cattle
I would have already eaten the red sparrowhawk
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao.
That little primitive sparrowhawk
listen well small and very flying,
that little primitive sparrowhawk
listen well small and very flying
it rises high to see better
sparrowhawk chirp chirp,
sparrowhawk tao tao,
sparrowhawk chirp chirp,
sparrowhawk tao tao.
canoeist of the Arauca river
from the Arauca river pass me to the other side,
canoeist of the Arauca river
from the Arauca river pass me
to the other side because the red sparrowhawk is chasing me
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao.
on the bank of Apure,
listen well a sparrowhawk sighed,
on the bank of Apure
listen well a sparrowhawk sighed
and in the sigh it said girl from Camaguán,
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao
sparrowhawk chirp chirp
sparrowhawk tao tao
