PAMPA DE LOS GUANACOS
Cuti Y Roberto Carabajal Lyrics


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En Pampa de los Huanacos
Yo vine dejando una flor.
Amores que se separan
Padecen martirio y dolor.
En Pampa de los Huanacos
Yo vine dejando una ilusión.

Dejé sentidas vidalas
Que andando por ahí aprendí.
Entonces quedaron listas
Y grabadas dentro de mí.
Noches de cristal y plata
Muy triste me vieron ir de allí.

En coplas amanecidas, viditay,
Te dí mi cantar.
Y el bombo que retumbaba
Por medio de aquel quebrachal
Se pierde en la distancia
Y hoy solo me da por recordar.
Doradas vainas de Enero
De nuevo las quiero gustar,
Añapita para aloja
Que alegre ayudaba a pisa
Son como besos en mi alma
Ya nadie me los puede quitar.

Amorcitos que se quedan
Para una mejor ocación
También les dejé mi caja
Santuario de mi corazón
Para que entonen vidalas
Y yo vuelva con nueva ilusión.

Tengo una espina en el pecho
Que es dura como del cardón.
Dicen que al hacerce carne
Se adentra para el corazón
Pueda que tal vez me encone
La herida de mi antigüa pasión.

En Pampa de los Huanacos
Yo vine dejando una flor.
Amores que se separan
Padecen martirio y dolor.
En Pampa de los Huanacos
Yo vine dejando una ilusión.





Doradas vainas de Enero...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song Pampa de los Guanacos by Cuti y Roberto Carabajal, tell the story of a person leaving the Pampa de los Guanacos and leaving behind a flower and dreams of love and hope. The separation of loved ones causes immense suffering and pain, that is palpable in the lyrics. The singer reminisces about the sorrowful times and sad memories that he encountered while leaving the Pampa. He left behind deep emotions and feelings that were encapsulated in his singing, the vidalas. He remembers the nights of crystal and silver that were very sad and sorrowful as he departed from the place. The bombo and the music associated with the Pampa were a testament to the singer's love of his homeland.


The singer talks about how he left his caja, the sanctuary of his heart, for others to sing vidalas, reminding him of his love for his homeland. Things like the doradas vainas de Enero (golden pods of January) and the añapita (a type of herb) remind him of the happy times he had on the Pampa. He compares the thorn in his chest to the hard and painful thorns of the cardón cactus, which are common in that region. The thorn could be a metaphor for the difficulties he has faced in his life and his reminiscences about the Pampa, which still pierces his heart.


Overall, the lyrics of Pampa de los Guanacos is a song that tells a story of love, separation, and pain. It reminds us of the losses we face in life and the memories we hold onto in our hearts.


Line by Line Meaning

En Pampa de los Huanacos
I arrived in Pampa de los Huanacos


Yo vine dejando una flor.
Leaving behind a flower.


Amores que se separan
Lovers who separate


Padecen martirio y dolor.
Suffering with agony and pain.


Yo vine dejando una ilusión.
I left behind a dream.


Dejé sentidas vidalas
I left behind meaningful vidalas.


Que andando por ahí aprendí.
That I learned while traveling around.


Entonces quedaron listas
Then they were ready


Y grabadas dentro de mí.
And engraved inside me.


Noches de cristal y plata
Nights of crystal and silver


Muy triste me vieron ir de allí.
Saw me leave from there, very sad.


En coplas amanecidas, viditay,
In early morning coplas, viditay,


Te dí mi cantar.
I gave you my singing.


Y el bombo que retumbaba
And the drum that was resounding


Por medio de aquel quebrachal
Through that quebrachal tree


Se pierde en la distancia
It gets lost in the distance


Y hoy solo me da por recordar.
And now, it only makes me remember.


Doradas vainas de Enero
Golden beans of January


De nuevo las quiero gustar,
I want to taste them again,


Añapita para aloja
Añapita to help me prepare aloja


Que alegre ayudaba a pisa
That happily helped with pisa


Son como besos en mi alma
They are like kisses on my soul


Ya nadie me los puede quitar.
No one can take them away from me now.


Amorcitos que se quedan
Little loves that remain


Para una mejor ocasión
For a better occasion


También les dejé mi caja
I also left my box to them


Santuario de mi corazón
The sanctuary of my heart


Para que entonen vidalas
So they can sing vidalas


Y yo vuelva con nueva ilusión.
And I can return with a new dream.


Tengo una espina en el pecho
I have a thorn in my chest


Que es dura como del cardón.
That is as hard as the thorns of the cactus.


Dicen que al hacer carne
They say that when it turns into flesh


Se adentra para el corazón
It goes deep into the heart


Pueda que tal vez me encone
Maybe it will become inflamed


La herida de mi antigua pasión.
The wound of my old passion.




Writer(s): A. Carbajal, C. Juarez

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