Paroles et traduction Horacio Guarany - Aquí Me Pongo A Cantar

Aquí Me Pongo A Cantar

Aquí me pongo a cantar
Al compás de mi vigüela
Que al hombre que lo desvela
Una pena extraordinaria
Como la ave solitaria
Con el cantar se consuela

Pido a los Santos del cielo
Que ayuden mi pensamiento
Les pido en este momento
Que voy a contar mi historia
Me refresquen la memoria
Y aclaren mi entendimiento

Vengan Santos milagrosos
Vengan todos en mi ayuda
Que la lengua se me añuda
Y se me turba la vista
Pido a mi Dios que me asista
En esta ocasión tan ruda

Yo he visto muchos cantores
Con famas bien obtenidas
Y que después de adquiridas
No las quieren sustentar
Parece que sin largar
Se cansaron en partidas

Mas donde otro criollo pase
Martín Fierro ha de pasar
Nada lo hace recular
Ni los fantasmas lo espantan
Y dende que todos cantan
Yo también quiero cantar

Cantando me he de morir
Cantando me han de enterrar
Y cantando he de llegar
Al pie del eterno padre
Desde el vientre de mi madre
Vine a este mundo a cantar

Let Me Sing to You

Let me sing to you,
My guitar guiding my tune,
For this man, who is undone,
By an extraordinary pain,
Like the solitary crane,
Finds solace in song's refrain.

I implore the Saints above,
To help my thoughts take flight,
I beg them with all my might,
As I embark on my tale,
To refresh my memory frail,
And make my wit prevail.

Come, wondrous Saints so wise,
Come to my aid, I pray,
For my tongue is tied this day,
And my vision grows dim,
I beseech my Lord to join him,
In this task so harsh and grim.

I have witnessed many a bard,
Whose fame was well-deserved,
Yet hardly had they served,
Their reputations they'd cast aside,
As if without a stride,
They'd grown weary, lost their pride.

But where other minstrels pass,
Martín Fierro's path is clear,
No fear can make him steer,
No specters make him flee,
Since every voice is free,
I too shall sing for thee.

I shall sing until I die,
I shall sing until they lay me to rest,
And I shall sing my best,
At the feet of the eternal Father,
From the womb of my mother,
I came to this world to sing.