Peru Archives - Musuq Illa

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Santuyuqmi nisuptinku
Tankar kichkachallay

Tayta Arguedasllay

Aswan qan yuyariwayku

II

papapas riqcharimunqaña
papapas tukuramunqaña

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Tiqsi muyuq khatatayninwanmi
rit’i urqukuna upallarqa,
qapariyninta t’uqyarichispan
qayrayasqa Qorilazo chayamurqa,
wiñay kawsaq Anqoaylluhinan
antawaraq sunqunta kicharirqa
hanaq pacha ankahinataq
waylla ichutapas qaparichirqa.

Amaruq churin chayaramuqtinmi
lliw llaqta runaqa sayarirqa,
“lechucero” puka punchunta churakuspan
Walaychoqa plazaman yaykurqa,
Yawarnintapas ukyayta munanmanhinan
qayra Mishituta pukllapayarqa
wañuywanpas tupayta munanmanhinataq
wakaq waqranpipuni rikhurirqa.

Aya takikunata yuyarispanmi
María Angola chinliliykamurqa
lliw llaqta runataqmi huk rimayllapi
Apu Qaqansamanta mañakurqaku
¡Ama wañuychu Qorilazo wawqellay…!
¡Kawsachun Pancho Gómez Negrón …!;
hinallapin illapa tuqyarirparin
Walaychon qariy qariraq, makinta huqarispa
chumbivilcano runakunata napayukun.

¿Maypin purimurqanki Walaycho
wayanay raphranta mastarinankama?
¿Inti taytawanchu tupamurqanki
Killaq wiqintachu pichamurankipas?
ripusqaykimantapachan wawqellay
phiñakuyta wiñarichispa
pacha achikyay rikhurimunankama
llaqtaykuwan kuchka, kaypi tarikuyku.

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Barrosa Barroca

ByFredy Amílcar Roncalla

Chaysi tiyuy Lolo Fernandez
taytayta
‘Yaw Epifanio
qello wakayta
Barrosa nisqanta
Vendiykimanchu’ nisqa

Preciomomantaña rimachkaptinkus
mamitay taytayta kamachisqa
‘chay wakaqa tulluy tulluyllaña
ama nisyutachu paganki’
nispa

Chaymanta mayqin punakupiraq
taytay qepakusqan qipataña

Wachipapiña kaptiyku

Mayqenpi machakusqanpim
Tiyuyqa mamitayta
Kamipayaq karqa:
‘millaymi kanki,
manan wakay valesqanta pagawarankichu’
nispa.

Mamitaytaq mana imatapas
kutichinchu.

Unay unaymantaraq

Manaña pani tura
awqanakunankupaq

Barrosachaqa
Waraqupi qaqaparusqa

Hinaptinmi awlitay mama Felico
Condorchallay Aymaraeswan
llapan ismukuchkaq aychata
uruchayuqtaña
apachimuwarqaku

Urunta picharispaya
charkita ruwarqaniku

Hinaspan mamitay
sara lawachata
Ollukito con charkitapas

saksanankama
obispo wiqsayoq kanankama
tiyuyta mikuchin

‘Amaña imatapas
Barrosamantaqa rimayñachu’
nintaq

Kunanñataq

Sapanka barroco poesiamanta
Rimaykuptinku

Ancha anchata puramente awir
Barrosachaymanta yuyarini

Manachiki
Kay Nuyorkunapiqa ni charkipas
Ni cochayuyupas kanchu:

La waka es poesia wakatakillata
facebukipi mayqinpi rikurini

Tiyuyqa poeta y torero karqa
Chay Barrosa wakachaytaq literata chiki¹

¹ Agradezco la corrección de estilo en quechua de Alejandrina Misme, Hugo Carrillo, y Hernán Hurtado.

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Herder (Michiq)

ByOlivia Reginaldo

You see nothing more than two-hundred animals,
identical.
Yet I can recognize each by her laughter.
And yes of course they laugh.
They intertwine their necks with the wind and they dance.

In the desolate, forbidding mountains
on the dark and silent paths
daily we walk together
sometimes they, sometimes I,
lead the march.

Like Bach’s sorrowful hymns
they dissipate…
Sometimes swiftly, sometimes placidly
until upon us, the night descends.

And when the appointed day arrives
to Mother Earth I shall express my gratitude
to my dear animal, my appreciation,
and I will slaughter her.
I won’t waste a single drop of her blood…

Only we know of this exhortation
Only we know who we are
and although we shall cry knowing all of this, so shall we rejoice.

In the silent, distant meadows,
I am a herder.

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Herding Sheep is More than Chasing Stars

ByPablo Landeo Muñoz

Our dear sheep are grains of amaranth
scattered upon your heart
stars that shine in your arms.

In the blue, fog-draped fields
near the silvery-gold lagoon
having descended from the sky,
they are grazing.

Just the mist, just the wind.
Our dreams are illusory…
To herd sheep in faraway lands
is more than chasing stars

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Illimani, Canto a Illimani, Puma (Quechua), Puma (Spanish), P’uncayniykipi…

ByKilku Warak’a

To listen to the audio recording of Kilku Warak’a reading his poetry at the Institute of Peruvian-North American Culture in Cusco, 1958 (archived at the US Library of Congress), click here.

Illimani (00:35)

Canto a Illimani (04:49)

Puma (Quechua) (8:55)

Puma (Spanish) (09:51)

P’uncayniykipi (10:45)

En tu día (11:36)

Hatun Qusqu (12:28)

Cuzco grandioso (13:44)

Qusqu runa (15:00)

Hombre del Cuzco (15:45)

Harawikuq napaykuyki (16:38)

Poeta, yo te saludo (17:36)

Tupaq Amaru (Quechua) (18:35)

Tupaq Amaru (Spanish) (20:54)

Macupikcu (23:51)

Machupijchu (29:58)

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K’intu Tapuy

ByNiel Agripino Palomino Gonzales

Ma
ma
llay,
Kukallay,
Qhun qurisqa Ch’ill
misqapu wan; Iskay Makiy
wan Qan manta Hap’i payukus
paymi; Ta wantinsuyuq Apunkuna
man Phuku rispa, Ch’uya Sunquywan
Waqharishay ki, Tapurishayki. Kikillanta
Willarikuway, Mamallay, Willka Lap’i. May
qin T’ikatataq Kunanri Aqllarisaq? Nuqaqa
Munani, Chiripipas Wayrapipas, Llantuypa
Puka Lastrunta Qatispa Purillaqtam. Apu
Wamankunaq Rimayñinmi Kanki. Machuyku
naq Akunan, Kawsay Lap’i, Hanpi Lap’i.
Sut’intapuni Willariway, Kukallay,
Mamallay. Rimayñiykimantan Llapa
Kawsayñiy Hap’ipakun. Q’apay
ñiykiwan, Q’umir Uyaykiwan
puni, Ñiway: Pay T’ikatan
Apukuna Qanpaq
Aqllaran Ñispa.
Mamallay,
Kuka
llay!