Mercedes Sosa - Del Tiempo De Mi Niñez - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Mercedes Sosa - Del Tiempo De Mi Niñez




Del Tiempo De Mi Niñez
From the Time of My Childhood
Mi mamá sabía decirme
My mama used to say to me
Me acuerdo cuando era chango
I remember when I was a monkey
Usted se acuesta a la siesta
You go to bed for a nap
No vayas a andar hondiando
Don't go around digging
Ay nomás ya me ordenaba
But there I was already being ordered
Que algo en el suelo tirara
To drop something on the ground
Y debajito el alero
And under the eaves
En un cuerito siestiara
In a little hide for a nap
Que lindos tiempo coco
What a beautiful time, my darling
Hermoso
Beautiful
Bajo el sopor de la siesta
Under the drowsiness of the nap
Todo en silencio quedaba
Everything went silent
Y con los changos pa′l monte
And with the monkeys in the forest
En puta e'pie me escapaba
On a donkey's foot I escaped
Que lejos que queda ahora
How far away that seems now
Esa niñez añorada
That longed-for childhood
Quisiera mamá me mandes
I wish my mama would send me
Que en un cuerito siestiara
To take a nap in a little hide
Parece que fuera ahora
It seems like it was just yesterday
Cuando mi mamá ordenaba
When my mama ordered
Que un mandadito le hiciera
For me to run an errand
A los rezongos rumbeaba
I would head off grumbling
Si me encontraba a los changos
If I found the monkeys
Que a las bolitas jugaban
Who were playing marbles
La bolsa de los mandados
The bag of errands
A un costadito quedaba
Would be left to one side
Yo sacaba mi terita
I would take out my slingshot
Y si por ahí yo ganaba
And if I won
Como nidito y boyero
As a nest egg and a cowherd
Mi bolsillito quedaba
My little pocket would be full
Ay yayita sin la plata
Oh, yayita, without the money
Por jugar se me estraviaba
I lost it playing
Antes de llegar a casa
Before I got home
Ella el teriño largaba
She would let go of the slingshot





Writer(s): Castro Pedro Joaquin


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