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Arguedaspa Misitun

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Tayta Arguedas,
hanan pachamantam qawamullawachkankiku
kay illapayuq tutapim toro bilay takikita tusuchkaniku, takichkaniku
sunqullaykupipas takichaykiqa sumaqllatañam tiktikyan
llaqtarunapa simichallanpim Misitupa waqaychallanqa panchirichkan
wawqichaykunapas kusisqallaña Qarwarasu qasapiñam willakuchkasunki
kunanpunim aqachata kukachatawan chaninchaykuchkanku
Misitullayki lluqsiykamunanpaq.

Pampa qoñanimantam Misitullaykiqa anqas ñawiyuqraq sayariramun
aychamikuq yarqay puma qinaraq
Sayaynin pachamanta illaykiqa allichakuchkan uywankunata qatallinanpaq
Taytanchik wamaniman umachallantapas qawaykachan tapurikuq qinaraq
Surriagukunapa patallantañam, waqrapukupa qaparisqanta qawallantañam
Misitullaykiqa puririykamun tusustin qinaraq
Ranra ranra ruminta, ichu ichu qasanta utqayllaña kallpamuchkan
Pukio yakuchapi samayllantapas musquykuspa
Ñawparinraq, suchurinraq munachikuq qina tusustin
Chisinpaykunapas kunan punchawkunapas allin kawsaypim tinkuykullanku.

Wapullaña piñallaña Misitullaykiqa kinraymanraq qawaykullawanku
Tampay tampa chupallampas wakamichiqpa surriagun qinaraq raprapyarin
Ñawchi ñawchi waqrallanpas chirarapaqina chipikyachkanraq
Pitaraq waqraykunqa paqarin hatun kanchapi pukllaykullaptin
Pipa yawarllantaraq upyaykunqa saksaykunallanpaq.

Llaqtaykupi waqrapuku waqaykullaptinmi
Piñakustinraq qari qari Misitullaqa pukllay kanchaman yaykuykun
Samapakunraq, qaparinraq, qawakuqkunatapas manchachistin
Sarupakunraq, kallpaykachanraq pillatapas supaytaqina waqrayparinanpaq
Ichiykachastin, muyuykachastin yawar raymitach musyallan.

Waka takillaykiqa munayllaykutapas chikllirichimun, tayta Arguedas
musqukusqayki pachapim arpachallawan, biwlichallawan takichkaniku
Chaypim Misitullaykipas kay hatun punchawpi wawqiykikunawan kusirikuchkan.

Tayta Arguedas,
Misitullaykiqa enqalmanwan achalasqach sayanan pachaman kutirillanqa
Tusuyniykuwan, kacharpariy takiyniykuwan sinkaruspan
Misitullaqa qatakunataña, qasakunatañam wayrallaña qispillachkan
Tiyanan wasimanchiki musuq musuqraq yaykuykunqa
Qoñani urquchiki qasqullantapas kicharinqa Misitullaykiman
Wawayuq warmi qina kuyaykunanpaq, puñuykachinanpaq
Chaychapim munananchikta sapa punchaw chikllichichkan.

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T’ikha Takiy / Song to the Flowers

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Oh mallow root, mallow root
across these windswept heights,
my lover roams

Once young,
the sun was on the rise
and now,
the sun descends

The clouds advance, the winds they swell
The people come, from sorrows they come
With the rains they come, with the winds they come
and thus, for you, they come

Across the sapphire river, across the Pukara plain
In search of you I shall
walk on, and so, walk on

Near here, chikaylla you might come
So far, karumanta, you can’t wish to flee

Could that be you, just there
behind me?
and me here still searching
for you

And I will go down river
And I will go upriver
Where my love shall I find you?

Traversing the pampas of Oruro
crossing Bolivia
searching,
gathering just dahlias
weeping,
walking

I shall leave Oruro now
my woven aguayo
lost
carrying cloth for all things
what reason to remain?

And high above, Condor
soars
his white shawl tightly tied
above sacred Illimani’s peak
he ascends
Where is it now he is off to?

And so you are my only
And so I am yours only
And so we shall be together
weeping
on

I shall steal you away, leading you
Within my heart, leading you
away…