Twenty-First Century

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The Train, its Wailing

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I hear the wailing, the train
approaches from far away
honeyed dreams
tormented
carrying me instead to
serpentine, scabrous tracks

Deep in the night, the wailing
vanishes
only the song of the river who speaks
with her seething lashes
like blows that fall upon the soul
come to whisper, relating plunges foretold

Like the very cries of Time
I hear the echoes, the breaths
of my affliction
I search for a path to take flight
to cast off these fetters,
tying me to the void.

Where might I find a love
to hold me fast?

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Ch’awiyuyu mama

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Mayu patapi
q’illu t’ikaq yuyucha,
inti taytaq k’anchaykusqan,
killa mamaq llanthuykusqan.

Munay munay wiñaqcha
phuyuq hump’inwan ch’aqchuykusqa,
hallp’aq sunqunmanta phuturimuq,
ch’awiyuyucha wata ch’uñu mama.

Manaña imaypas kaqtinqa,
sulla samaychaykiwan,
wawachaykunaq uyachanta
uphaykuspa, much’aykuspa,
watan watan mana tukukuspa
yuraq waqtanchaykita mikhukuyku,
yana inqichaykuman hunt’achikuyku
kusisqa inqipas t’iqi t’iqicha
phullakuyku.

Ch’awiyuyu mamacha,
inti taytaq k’anchaykusqan,
killa mamaq llanthuykusqan,
q’illu sumbriru t’ikacha,
q’umir pullera ch’awicha.

Yanayña urpiyña wikch’uwaqtinpas,
uyachaykita qhawa-qhawayukuspa,
inqipas t’iqi t’iqichataraq,
kushkalla kawsakushansunchis.

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Qam hina

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Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta
Munani asiyta
Munani yachayta
Munani rimayta
Munani takiyta
Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta

Paymi chukuwan chirimanta puka uya, phaspa uya kara suni niraqkuna walin
Payta munaychata sumaqyachin chhika mayhuaywan hatun taytaykunayta

Mana riqsinichu
Mana hamutasqay awqa
Tinkupi wañukunku
Chayna ch’uya sunqullata wañuyta ruran

Aswan allinta
Ñawpa ñuha willayniyta
Kutimusun
Nispachaqa

Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no
Hina kutiwaqchu
Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no
Mana ymaypachapas
Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no
Ñuqapas manan hamutaq wañuyta usuycuniway

Manchakuyta pakiy

Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta
Munani asiyta
Munani yachayta
Munani rimayta
Munani takiyta
Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta

Qam hina
Qam hina
Qam hina

Masillaywanmi wiñani
Ñawikunata wankispa
Puqllaqta qaparichispa
Chaykama brinkaspa
Wayra qasasqa uyayta maqaycun
Mana tukuq ojotay qucha yacuta saruspa chakyita chimpaykun
Chaymi chunka watayuq
Pampa yuraqpipas puturispa

Ñawraypachapi purini, huk runa simimpi tiqsi muyu pachata yachay
Hamutaypaq
Pisipani tanta yakuta chaskiyta
Ya

Kinsa pachapi tukuni, suqta pachapi chayaramuni
Akchi chinkakuyta qallarin hapay hukpa musiani
Qatipaykuwan

Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no
Yachanichu imata ruwayta
Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no
Llantunmi chisiyaywan quñunakun
Manan no, manan no, manan no, manan no,
Pipas uyarinchu qispiripachata yachanichuway

Manchakuyta pakiy

Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta
Munani asiyta
Munani yachayta
Munani rimayta
Munani takiyta
Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta

Qam hina

Phaway atiyta kaqta qhawachiy
Phaway astawan amaraq tarinkichu atipayta antinkin

Manchakuyta pakiy

Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta
Munani asiyta
Munani yachayta
Munani rimayta
Munani takiyta
Munani puqllayta
Munani musquyta

Qam hina
Qam hina

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K’uychi

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¡Qhun! ¡Qhun! Ñispa para chayaykamun,
qhallallaqlla chakra uqharikamun,
sach’akuna munaywan khiwirikuspa parapaq tusuykachanku
urqukunataq lliphirisaq qullqi chukchanta
patamanta pacha kachaykamun
Pachamama junt’a kawsayta qallarin.

Ñuqapis yakuwan pukllayta munani,
¡Ch’allpaq! ¡Ch’allpaq! kayta, jaqayta phinkiykachani.
¡Yaw! Imataq jayqayri? Janapachapi lliphirichkanri?
Imaymana llimp’iyuq ñawisniyta kusirichichkanri?

“ ¡Qhawariy! ¡Qhawariy! Inti llimp’ikunawan puklllarichkan,
chayta rikunapaq kay pachata llimp’ikunawan t’ikanchana”,
chaqrakunata qhawarispa ñiwaq awichayqa:
“Q’umirwan, pukawan, q’illuwan, mulluwan,
anqaswan, kulliwan, willapiwan …
Pachamama kusirikuspa parap qarpayninwan,
intip ruphayninwan, runap munayninwan
K’uychita ruwanqa.”
ñiwaq awichayqa …

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Iphu para, Sumac para

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Iphu para chayamuchkan
Urqunta wasaykamuchkan
Wayrawan khuska phukurispa
Ch’illchi! Ch’illchi! ñispa
Pachamamata rikch’arichichkan.

Uyayta uqharini, sunquy junt’a jap’ini
Ch’uwa yakun llamkhariwan
Asiymanta wañuchiwan.

¡Parachun khuritupaq!
¡Parachun khuritupaq!
Chiwanku p’isqu qhaparin
Paypis parata mañarin.

¡Kaylan! ¡Kaylan!
K’ayla Maria qucha kantupi takirichkan
Parawan khuska jamp’atuta suyarichkan.

Iphu para sumaq para
Pachamama t’impinpi jap’isunki
Mayukunapi purichisunki
Mama quchapi tantasunki.

¡Paramuy! ¡Paramuy!
Paraqay mama mañakusunki
Ch’umpi paywarunta jaywasunki
yuraq kirun chiqchimusunki.

¡T’akaq! ¡t’akaq! ¡T’akaq!
Sarata llamkharispa
Chakraman chimpaykunki.
Iphu para tukuypaqpis sumaq para.

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Tijeras

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Manan pipas qhawanchu manan imatapas
Atinichu ruwayta, rimayta munani
Qhaparispanmi, tukuy runa manan uyarikunchu
Rimasqayta hinaspa nini: Qhaparisaqmi

Uyariy nisqayki
Uyariy nisqayki

Qhawani qanayman tutapi kasqaypi
Qhawani achkita qinaptin uyarini
“Qatiy” nisqanta
Manan pipas hawanchu
Manan imatapas atinichu
Ruwayta rimayta munani
Qhaparispanmi,
Tukuy runa
Manan uyarinkuchu rimasqayta
Qinaspa nini: Qhaparisaqmi
Tukuy kallpaywan
Ima?

Manan pipas qhawanchu manan imatapas
Atinichu ruwayta, rimayta munani
Qhaparispanmi, tukuy runa manan uyarikunchu
Rimasqayta hinaspa nini: qhaparisaqmi

Icha qapariyta sumaqta takisaq chaynatan uyarinqaku
runakuna
Llakisqa qhawani aswan nanayta
Llulla runakuna
Manan allinta ruwaspa
Ñuqanchiq quykunchik atiy ruwasqayninta
Waytata rantispa?

Uyariy nisqayki
Uyariy nisqayki

Manchakuychu rimayta
Manchakuychu rimayta

Mírame, ahora soy más fuerte
Mírame, ya no tengo miedo
Ahora sí, tengo esperanza

Warmikuna […] quñusqa kasun

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Amaña Jinataqa

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Amaña jinataqa Pachamamata muchuchinachu
Amaña jinataq uywakunata,
sach’akunata ruphachinachu
Amañana jinataqa kawsayta jark’anachu.
Mayukuna purichunku
Sach’akuna p’utuchunku
T’ikakuna wayran tusuchunku
Simikuna qhaparispa uyarikuchunku
¡Amaña jinataqa! ¡Amaña kay lawray nanaytaq!
¡Amaña wañuytaqa!

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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…

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Qarqusqa Ripuy

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Pachaq tukuyninpim
warmakawsay puririn
auki taytakunawan kuskanchakuspa

Chakiykunataqmi
qallarisqa yupiyta muntipi saqin

Qarqausqa ripuytaqmi qallaykum

Maykaman purina?
Imam mikuna?
Imatam irqikunaman quna?
Maypim tutayaq punchawpi qanrachasqanku
sumaq warmikunaq mujun?
Imaraq chay tutapunchawpi
kawsaypa paqarimuynin?
Maypiraq sutinku?

Kukapa rapichallanmi
ñawsa tampiyninwan
ichu ichuk sunqunpi
puriyniyta pakan

Warmikunataqmi
llakinpatapi sunita sayan
payukunaqa
ritipa manaña kutimuq
kuchuyninmi

Mulliq huchuychalla ñawinchantaqmi
warma kawsayta pakan,
manchapakuspanmi
llaqtallayqa puririn
kay qarqusqa puriyqa ñuqaqmi nispa

Lliwchaykutaqmi puririniku
kirisqa puskapi
sachakuyniykuta awaspa