La Cueca de Los Poetas
Violeta Parra
The Poets' Cueca
(cueca)
Life, how beautiful are the pheasants,
Life, how beautiful is the peacock.
Huifa, ay, ay, ay
Life, poems are even more beautiful
Life, from Gabriela Mistral.
Huifa, ay, ay, ay
Pablo de Rokha is good
But Vicente
Is worth double and triple
People say.
Huifa, ay, ay, ay
People say, yes,
There is no doubt
That the most cocky one is called
Pablo Neruda.
Huifa, ay, ay, ay
Run before Nicanor Parra catches you.
