La Pockoi Pacha - Los Chalchaleros translation in English

La Pockoi Pacha

Pri-

Aden-

Con mi poncho y mi guitarra
A rodar tierra salí
Y llegando a Pocoy Pacha, de nuevo al pago volví

Pascachao en mis antojos
Viejos rumbos tomé al fin
Maduraba el quishca loro, la algarroba, el piquillín

Qué contento yo me puse
La repasa al divisar
Zambullían los patitos afanosos por pescar

Una perdiz me silbaba
En medio del jarillal
Pa'l lao de adentro una cuña gritaba en el quebrachal (seg-)

Den-

Debajo de una sombra¹i toro
Dulce me puse a cantar
Un mate va y otro viene
Mis dichas a recordar

Mi madre se había esmerado
En cocinar para mí
Empanadas y tamales con choclito y con ají

Qué lindo es ver en el campo
Los cabritos retozar
Mi corazón en el pecho parece sangolotear

Una perdiz me silbaba
En medio del jarillal
Pa'l lao de adentro una cuña gritaba en el quebrachal

The Pockoi Pacha

Pri-

Aden-

With my poncho and my guitar, my love
I set out to roam the land
And arriving at Pocoy Pacha, I returned to my home once again

Indulging my desires, my dear
I took old paths at last
The quishca loro ripened, the carob, and the piquillín

How happy I became, darling
When I saw the watering hole
Little ducks were diving, eager to catch their fish

A partridge whistled to me, sweetheart
In the middle of the jarilla bushes
Further inside, a dove cooed in the quebrachal forest (seg-)

Den-

Beneath a shady toro¹ tree, my love
I sweetly began to sing
One mate goes and another comes
Recalling my happy times

My mother had taken great care, my sweet
To cook for me
Empanadas and tamales with corn and chili

How beautiful it is to see in the countryside, my love
The little goats frolicking
My heart in my chest seems to flutter

A partridge whistled to me, darling
In the middle of the jarilla bushes
Further inside, a dove cooed in the quebrachal forest