El pampino - Atahualpa Yupanqui

La pampa mata de abajo

El sol castiga de arriba

Y entre sol, pampa y salitre

Se gana el pobre la vida

Pampino de mano fuerte

Siempre toreando al destino

Hombre que baja la frente

Nada tiene de pampino…

Me muestro desnudo al viento

Para que aprienda de mí

Me han dicho que el viento llora

Y a mi me gusta reír…

Pampino de mano fuerte

Siempre toreando al destino

Hombre que baja la frente

Nada tiene de pampino…

El salitre se va lejos

Lo va llevando un vapor…

Y el pampino queda solo

Entre la pampa y el sol…

La pampa mata de abajo

El sol castiga de arriba

Y entre sol, pampa y salitre

Se gana el pobre la vida…

The pampa kills from below

The sun punishes from above

And between sun, pampas and saltpeter

The poor man earns his living

strong-hand pampino

Always fighting to the destination

Man lowering his forehead

There is nothing pampino…

I show myself naked to the wind

for you to learn from me

I have been told that the wind cries

And I like to laugh...

strong-hand pampino

Always fighting to the destination

Man lowering his forehead

There is nothing pampino…

The saltpetre goes away

She is taking a steam...

And the pampino is left alone

Between the pampas and the sun…

The pampa kills from below

The sun punishes from above

And between sun, pampas and saltpeter

The poor man earns his living...