Carlos Mejía Godoy
Alforja campesina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Length
- 2:32
Alforja campesina pinolera,
Peasant saddlebag from the mountains,
Sos el mero escapulario de mi tierra,
You are the true scapular of my land,
Cuando vienes del pueblo bien cargada
When you come down from the town, well-loaded,
Te pareces a una indita embarazada.
You look like a pregnant little native woman.
Alforja campesina proletaria,
Proletarian peasant saddlebag,
Olorosa a trigo nuevo y a quebrada,
Fragrant with new wheat and the valley,
Yo te quiero por ser hija de mi brazo,
I love you for being the daughter of my arm,
Hermanita menor del calabazo.
Younger sister of the prison.
Dicen que en el chilamate
They say that in the chilamate,
Juan camenate murió,
Juan camenate died,
Los pocoyos siempre cantan
The little ones always sing,
Donde el campisto cayó.
Where the field fell.
Ya viene la fiesta de agosto,
The August party is coming,
Ya los chinamos ya están en pie,
The chinamos are already up,
Ennavaja el gallo giro
The rooster spins in the blade,
Que a don casimiro le merqué.
That I bargained for Don Casimiro.
Alforja campesina pinolera,
Peasant bag, oh so traditional,
Sos el mero escapulario de mi tierra,
You are the true scapular of my land,
Cuando vienes del pueblo bien cargada
When you come from the town well-loaded,
Te pareces a una indita embarazada.
You look like a young woman with child.
Alforja campesina proletaria,
Proletarian peasant satchel,
Olorosa a trigo nuevo y a quebrada,
Scented with new wheat and the ravine,
Yo te quiero por ser hija de mi brazo
I love you for being the daughter of my arm,
Hermanita menor del calabazo.
Younger sister of the jail.
Novia mía, en este broche
My bride, in this brooch,
Un regalo para vos,
A gift for you,
Una flor de sacunjoche
A flower of sacunjoche,
Que corté en la cuesta del coyol.
That I picked on the slope of the coyol.
Yo te ofrezco en esta ronda
I offer you in this circle,
Mi inflamado corazón,
My inflamed heart,
Que es una cosa redonda
It's a round thing,
Cargadita de ilusión.
Filled to the brim with hope.
Alforja campesina pinolera.
Peasant's pouch, so full of dreams.
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Key vocabulary
- brazo
- armA2
- hija
- daughterA2
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning “to him/to her/to you” (singular) or “to it” (in formal/impersonal uses), depending on context.A2
- quiero
- wantA2
- regalo
- giftA2
- ronda
- roundA2
- menor
- minorB1
- murió
- diedB1
- novia
- girlfriendB1
- pareces
- seemB1
About this song
Carlos Mejía Godoy is a Nicaraguan musician, composer, and singer-songwriter associated with testimonial song, also called nueva canción. He is one of the main representatives of the movement in Nicaragua.