Fiesta en Elorza [English translation]

One 19th of March

I was invited to a dance

In the city of Elorza

In their patronal1 celebrations

Their beautiful girls

Adorned the place with their beauties

And under the plains sky

They ambled along the streets

With joyful smiles

And savannah scents

And at daybreak

In the celebratory environment

Singing to their girls

I was there in Elorza

And while drinking moonshine here and there

I spent happy days

II

And a monday morning (x2)

Starting the week

My eyes bid farewell (x2)

To that nice locale

Remembering with affection

The girls, town and savannah

A plainsman dies singing

Even if his sorrow is mourning

I was bourn in Apure

I'm a singer from my plainland

And tomorrow, when I die,

Don't mourn me, my country folks,

Bury me in Elorza

In the riverbank next to a matapalo2

So that the river's foam

May bring me distant memories

1. Of their patron saints.2. Matapalo is the name used for many kinds of plants in Venezuela. You can see a list in that link. They can look like this

• Artist:Eneas Perdomo