Paroles et traduction Dúo Coplanacu - Si Yo Fuera Río

Si Yo Fuera Río

Quisiera volverme río,
Vivir viajando y cantando,
Lleno de espumas el pelo,
Por la arenas jugando.

Encontrarme con las ansias
Que desespera el sembrado,
Que alegran a los rococos,
Que saltan buscando el vado.

Tener un collar de sauces
Con escamas de pescado,
Pa'las garzas ribereñas
Que vuelan buscan el pago.

Velay si yo fuera río,
Saber lo que piensa el viento,
Que al juncal lo vuelve flauta
Lleno de triste lamento.

Besar las manos callosas
De las viejas lavanderas
Y al isleño desvelarlo
Cantando una chacarera.

Alegrar los pescadores
Y a los ripieros bailables,
Un malambo en el remanso
Pa'que alivien sus pesares.

Volverme copla en la costa,
Imisqui' por las salinas,
Amor que aguarda el botero
Y frescor dentro e'las tinas.

Velay si yo fuera río,
Saber lo que piensa el viento,
Que al juncal lo vuelve flauta
Lleno de triste lamento.

If I Were A River

I would like to become a river,
Living traveling and singing,
My hair full of foam,
Playing by the sands.

To meet the anxieties
That desperately hope for rain,
That cheer the lazy ones,
That jump up looking for the ford.

To have a necklace of willows
With fish scales,
For the riverbank herons
That fly looking for their territory.

And if I were a river,
To know what the wind is thinking,
That turns the rushes into a flute
Full of sad lamentation.

To kiss the calloused hands
Of the old washerwomen
And to wake up the islander
Singing a chacarera.

To cheer up the fishermen
And the riverbank dancers,
A malambo in the backwater
To ease their worries.

To become a song on the coast,
To meddle in the salt marshes,
Love that awaits the boatman
And freshness inside the vats.

And if I were a river,
To know what the wind is thinking,
That turns the rushes into a flute
Full of sad lamentation.