Gringa chaqueña [English translation]
Gringa chaqueña [English translation]
Now you are
the cradle of peace
and work
When I found you
you were just a swamp
Hill without flowers
Indians and their tents
fields of thorns
bitterness, crosses
Blood of my people
your ripe horizon
Gringos fertilized
with the sweat of their skin
Let me say
what I gave you
Let me tell you about
this Chaco that I created
I worked on you
I turned your skin
a new shade
I gave you cotton
I offered you children
faces of the harvest
Wild, untamed Chaco
half tamed horse
I was a strong woman
Your empty land
was a big cradle
rough and maternal
Your barrenness
I fertilized it
every new moon
And by giving you life
I felt myself
to be a gringa and also Chaqueñan
- Artist:Mercedes Sosa
- Album:Mujeres Argentinas (1969)
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