Paroles et traduction María Dolores Pradera - La Piragua

La Piragua

Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
Navegaba en el Cesar una piragua,
Que partía del Banco, viejo Puerto,
A las playas de Amor en Chimichagua.

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

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cujilo
Era la piragua, era la piragua (bis)
Doce bogas con la piel color majagua,
Y con ellos el temible Pedro Albundia,
Por las noches a los remos le arrancaban
Un melódico rugir de hermosa cumbia.

Doce sombras, ahora viejos, ya no reman,
Ya no ruge el maderamen en el agua,
Sólo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
Donde yace adormitando la piragua.

Era la piragua de Guillermo Cujiloo
Era la piragua, era la piragua (bis)
La piragua. La piragua. La piragua.

The Canoe

My grandparents told me that some time ago,
A canoe sailed on the Cesar River,
It departed from Banco, an old port,
To the beaches of Amor in Chimichagua.

Braving the storms, it would shudder,
Impatiently defying the tempest,
And an army of stars would follow it,
Studded it with light and legend.

It was Guillermo Cujilo's canoe,
It was the canoe, it was the canoe (bis)
Twelve rowers with skin the color of mahogany,
And with them the fearsome Pedro Albundia,
At night, they would make the oars sing
A melodic roar of beautiful cumbia.

Twelve shadows, now old, no longer row,
The wood no longer roars in the water,
Only memories remain in the sand,
Where the canoe lies dormant.

It was Guillermo Cujilo's canoe,
It was the canoe, it was the canoe (bis)
The canoe. The canoe. The canoe.