Paroles et traduction Mercedes Sosa - Alma de Rezabaile

Alma de Rezabaile

El baile ya ha comenzado
Allá por Santiago del Estero
Retumba toda la siesta
El repicar de un bombo legüero

De fiesta toda la noche
Al dulce brillo de las estrellas
Bailaba la Telesita
Que era la danza, que era la reina

Nochecitas santiagueñas
Ardientes, puras noches de plata
La luna sobre del monte
La luz brillante se desparrama

Que baile la Telesita
Dulce y fragante como las flores
Gritaba la paisanada
Emborrachada de amores

Que busca la pobrecita
Tal vez la danza le da un consuelo
Tu pollera remolino
Tus pies descalzos, trompo de fuego

Telesita, Telesita
Te has vuelto lluvia, te has vuelto luna
Te has vuelto flor de los campos
Te has vuelto brisa que me perfuma

Han pasado muchos años
Pero tu pueblo nunca te olvida
Bailando en los rezabailes
Para que tu alma siga encendida

Que baile la Telesita
Dulce y fragante como las flores
Gritaba la paisanada
Emborrachada de amores

Soul of Rezabaile

The dance has already begun
Over there in Santiago del Estero
The siesta resounds
With the beat of a distant drum

Partying all night long
Under the soft glow of the stars
Telesita danced
Who was the dance, who was the queen

Santiago nights
Ardent, pure silver nights
The moon over the mountain
Its brilliant light spreads

Let Telesita dance
Sweet and fragrant like the flowers
The country folk cried out
Drunk with love

What is the poor girl looking for?
Perhaps the dance gives her comfort
Your swirling skirt
Your bare feet, a fiery top

Telesita, Telesita
You have become rain, you have become moon
You have become a field flower
You have become a breeze that perfumes me

Many years have passed
But your people never forget you
Dancing at the rezabailes
So that your soul remains illuminated

Let Telesita dance
Sweet and fragrant like the flowers
The country folk cried out
Drunk with love