Paroles et traduction Facundo Saravia - Si de Cantar Se Trata

Si de Cantar Se Trata

Con Vitillo y con Machaco
Yo aprendí las chacareras
Las cantaba todo el día
Allá en Salta campo afuera

Andando por Payogasta
De changuito ya sabía
Que aunque nos llenen de gringos
A ellos no los cambiaría

Me rodeaban las guitarras
Bombos y trajes de gauchos
Pucha que lindo les queda
A todos estos paisanos

Si ya tenes 20 años
Y no sabes decidirte
20 para el folclore
No hace falta que te invite

Me duele si del folclore
Dicen que es cosa de viejos
Si sos joven prométeme
No aflojarle ni un momento

Si cantando en las reuniones
Por ahí alguno se ríe
No te aflijas perdónalo
No conoce sus raíces

Me parece haber oído
Decir que se esta apagando
Con tu mano y con la mía
Vamos a seguir tirando

Sí seguís con 20 años
Afinando una guitarra
Llévate todo el folclore
Por donde quiera que vayas

If Singing Is What It's About

With Vitillo and Machaco
I learned the chacareras
I sang them all day long
There in Salta, out in the countryside

Walking around Payogasta
As a little boy, I already knew
That even if they fill us with gringos
I would not trade them

I was surrounded by guitars
Drums and gaucho costumes
Oh, how beautiful they look
On all these countrymen

If you are already 20 years old
And you don't know how to make up your mind
20 for folklore
I don't need to invite you

It hurts me if folklore
They say it's something for old people
If you are young, promise me
Don't let up for a moment

If you sing at meetings
And someone laughs
Don't worry, forgive him
He does not know his roots

I seem to have heard
Saying that it is going out
With your hand and mine
We will continue to pull

If you continue at 20 years old
Tuning a guitar
Take all the folklore with you
Wherever you go