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P’uncayniykipi

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Awsankatiq k’awcinmantan1
rit’ita asiricispan
quri inri wac’irimun;
tukuy urkun rikc’arimun
tukuy t’ikan llanllarimun
p’uncayniyki cayamuqtin

Ñuqataqmi anca kusisqa
hatun sunqu napaykuyki,
punamantan apamuyki
huq llawt’uta mat’iykipaq
ichumanta awasqata
yawarniywan minisqata

Tuta pukllaq quyllurmantan
asiyninta p’itimuni
simiykiman curanaypaq;
yuraq ñukñu rit’imantan
waqayninta suwamuni
sunquykita qarpanaypaq

Kawsay sipas t’ika mukmu
amapuni ñawiykipi
wiqi unu rurucuncu
amapuni sunquykipi
llaki phuyu tiyacuncu
kawsay kusi wiñay wata

1Kilku Warak’a’s idiosyncratic use of the consonant “c” in place of the customary “ch” in his Quechua orthography is noteworthy here. In this case, “k’awchinmantan” becomes “k’awcinmantan” with this substitution.
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Kawsaq

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Imprison my flesh, if you want,
Harm my heart, if you want,
Tear away my hair, if you want,
Tie my hands and feet, if you want.

Perhaps,
Maybe you do not stop
Until you see my body rot.

If it is going to be like that,
Only my worms will take me to my mother Pachamama.

I will be there too!

I will feed the trees
with my rotting skin.

Yes,
I will grow fruit in any plant
So that my brothers
So that my sisters
Will be fed.

And, then my brothers,
And then my sisters
They will be strengthened
With my rebirth.

And, likewise,
I will scream
In the voices of my brother and sister:

“Yes! I’m Quechua!”

Do what you want!
Do what you want!

But, Never ever
Will you take away
who I am.