Twentieth Century Archives

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

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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Mamaquca

ByKilku Warak’a

Titiqaqa mama quca¹
hanaq pacaq waqayni qispi umiña
kusi sunqun qhawaykuyki ñawiri hunt’ata
kawsayniytaqmi wayt’arin sumaq sani unuykipi

Sapa p’uncay illariqtinmi
Inti tayta muc’arisunki
quri siminpa yawrayninpitaq
muyuykuqniyki urqukunantin
pukaq’umirraq saniq’illuraq
imasumaqta t’ikaykacanki

Cawpi p’uncay cayamuqtintaq
lirpuman tukun unuyki
rit’i c’ulluyuq apukunaq
uyanku qhawakunanpaq

C’anpiq tutaq p’anpaykusqantaq
yana lliklla hina mast’arikunki
khutu wayrawan aytiykukuspa;
t’uqyaq qhaqyataq lliplliyninwan
q’inqupallayta awarin
k’upacasqa unuykipi

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, “qucha” becomes “quca” with this substitution.

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Cilili Wayta

ByJosé María Arguedas

Intillay, killallay
ama sak’ewaychu,
karurak’mi rinay
tutayallaymanmi.

Sumak’ siwar k’enti,
ama jarkawaychu,
mamallaysi maskawan
uñan chinkachik’ urpi jina.
Cilili, cilili wayta,

k’awachkankim kay vidayta
mayu jina wak’ask’ayta
wayra jina k’aparispa.

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P’uncayniykipi

ByKilku Warak’a

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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Juch’uylla

ByEmma Paz Noya

Kausayninchaj allin juch’uy,
wayraj phukuynin jinalla;
chayman jina kausananchaj
yan purej runa jinalla.

Kausasqaspa, ukhunchajta
uywanapaj, mikhunanchaj;
wañojtinchaj, qhepallanta
khuruspa mikunan kanchaj.

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