Historias quechuas de la naturaleza y el amor - Para (Rain)

"Para" is an artsong based on an anonymous, pre-colonial poem. It is one of the five pieces that make up the "Historias quechuas de la naturaleza y el amor"

5. Para – Arawi

Lluvia/Rain

Mi madre me había concebido

en el corazón de las nubes y la lluvia,

Para que gire como las nubes,

Para que llore igual que la lluvia.

Naciste en una cuna de dolor

Mi madre me dijo

y al envolverme

Lloró como el río.

El tiempo no conocerá

A un huérfano como yo

Que nació aquella noche

Que sea desventurado para siempre.

My mother conceived me

In the heart of the clouds and the rain,

To wander as clouds,

To weep as rain.

You were born in a cradle of pain,

My mother told me,

and as she wrapped me,

she wept like the river.

Time will not know

an orphan such as me

Born on that night,

Forever in misfortune.

Translation to English from the edited Spanish version

by Nancy Roldán

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