Señora María Rosa [English translation]

Here am I coming

Madam Maria Rosa,

I got up very early

and the day break is rainy.

The Indian has left me,

she won't come back to my hut,

go ahead, give me a drink

Madam Maria Rosa.

She only told me

that she was going to town,

I didn't believe that

she was telling the truth.

Damn be that day

when I thought she was good;

pass me another drink

I want to kill my pain.

To think that the wedding day

was about to be,

and how beautiful looked

my ranch up there in the hill!

For her I have left

my beloved old guys,

my oxen and my plow,

my coffee plantation in bloom.

I will see her tomorrow

dying of boredom,

her life destroyed,

and without my love.

Happiness is a flower for a day;

fill up my cup

for this pain of mine,

madam Maria Rosa.

• Artist:Julio Jaramillo