El Cóndor Pasa [English translation]

The Condor of the Andes wakes anew

With the light/ happy and bright/ of the dawn

Slowly his wings he does now both unfold

Descending to/ the river blue/ to drink he goes

Behind/ the Earth unwinds

In greenery of love and peace

Behind/ the stalk sprouts to sunrise

In wheated fields/ in wheated fields

The Condor of the Andes now descends

When sunrise/ in happy skies/ does arrive

The sky to see his way turned sad and gray

Thus he cried/ gray sobs poured nigh/as he flew by

Behind/ the Earth unwinds

In greenery of love and peace

Behind/ the stalk sprouts to sunrise

In wheated fields/ in wheated fields/the sun did rise

(c) J. Colannino/ all rights reserved

• Artist:Esther Ofarim