Lyrics and translation Carlos Gardel - La Tropilla

La Tropilla

Besó la luz tempranera,
La copa de los sauzales,
Y las brisas matinales,
Peinaron su cabellera.
En la güella carretera,
Que abre paso a la granilla,
Pone la nota sencilla,
De calorido cancero,
El pintoresco resero,
Que va arreando una tropilla.
Y trotan los potros sacudiendo al aire
Las caricias brújulas de sus crines sueltas
Y como una risa,
Risa cristalina,
Se escucha el cencerro,
Con que va indicando,
El rumbo adelante,
La yegua madrina.
Siga, siga, siga
Siga, siga, hopa, hopa
Pampa
Hopa... Hopa... hopa
Lanzando un grito de alerta,
El chajá vuelve a su nido,
Resongando en el chirrido,
El día que abre su puerta.
Canta el ave que despierta,
Saludando al sol que ensilla,
Mientras que por la cuchilla,
Levantando nubarrones,
Entre picos y terrones
Se ve alejar la tropilla.
Y como una risa,
Risa cristalina,
Se escucha el cencerro,
Con que va indicando,
El rumbo adelante,
La yegua madrina.
Siga, siga, siga
Puntera...
Siga, siga, hopa, hopa
Pampa
Hopa... Hopa... hopa.

The Troop

The early morning light kissed,
The cup of the willow trees,
And the morning breezes,
Combed her hair.
On the yellow road,
That makes way for the grain,
It sets a simple note,
Of colorful cancero,
The picturesque cattleman,
Who is driving a troop.
And the colts trot, shaking their manes,
The compass caresses of their loose manes,
And like a laugh,
Crystalline laugh,
You can hear the cowbell,
With which it is indicating,
The route ahead,
The lead mare.
Follow, follow, follow
Follow, follow, hopa, hopa
Pampa
Hopa... Hopa... hopa
Throwing out an alert cry,
The chajá returns to its nest,
Grumbling in the squeak,
The day that opens its door.
The bird that wakes up sings,
Greeting the sun that saddles,
While passing the hill,
Raising clouds,
Among peaks and clods,
You see the troop move away.
And like a laugh,
Crystalline laugh,
You can hear the cowbell,
With which it is indicating,
The route ahead,
The lead mare.
Follow, follow, follow
Leader...
Follow, follow, hopa, hopa
Pampa
Hopa... Hopa... hopa.