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La Piragua

Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
Navegaba en el César una piragua
Que partía del Banco viejo puerto
A las playas de amor en Chimichagua.

Capoteando el vendaval se estremecía
E impasible desafiaba la tormenta
Y un ejército de estrellas la seguía
Tachonándola de luz y de leyenda.

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua
Era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua.
Era la piragua
La piragua
La piragua
La piragua

Doce bogas con la piel color majagua
Y con ellas el temible Pedro Albundía
En las noches a los remos arrancaban
Su melódico rugir de hermosa cumbia.

Doce sombras ahora viejas ya no reman
Ya no cruje el maderamen en el agua
Solo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
Donde yace dormitando la piragua.

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua
Era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua.
Era la piragua
La piragua
La piragua
La piragua

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua
Era la piragua

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua
Era la piragua

The Pirogue

My grandparents told me that a long time ago
A pirogue sailed the Cesar River
It set out from the old port of Banco
To the beaches of love in Chimichagua.

Riding out the storm, it shuddered
And impassively defied the tempest
And an army of stars followed it
Adorning it with light and legend.

It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue.
It was the pirogue
The pirogue
The pirogue
The pirogue

Twelve rowers with mahogany-colored skin
And with them the fearsome Pedro Albundía
At night they would row
Their melodious roar of beautiful cumbia.

Twelve shadows, now old, no longer row
The timbers no longer creak in the water
Only memories remain in the sand
Where the pirogue lies dormant.

It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue.
It was the pirogue
The pirogue
The pirogue
The pirogue

It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue

It was the pirogue of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the pirogue
It was the pirogue