Victor Jara — El Carretero song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Carretero" by Victor Jara.
Lyrics
Por un camino 'e trumao
Va la carreta crujiendo,
Palpita la ventolera
Entre las hojas del trbol.
Mi vida es slo trumao
Ventoleras y silencio.
Camino el mismo camino
Con mi yunta voy y vengo.
La tarde baila en las nubes,
Cubre de sangre los cerros,
Una corona de buitres
Acompaa al carretero.
A veces pierdo la huella
Mientras el corazn da un vuelco,
їcundo mi vida tendr
El camino que yo quiero?
Un aleteo de sombras
Alarga ms el silencio
Como hundindose en la noche
La carreta va crujiendo.
Yo tambin abro la tierra
Y con ella abro mi fe,
Ўaprate yunta 'e negro
Que comienza a amanecer!
Lyrics translation
Down a road 'e trumao
The wagon is creaking,
Pulsates the ventolera
Among the leaves of the trbol.
My life is slo trumao
Windows and silence.
Path the same path
With my yunta I come and go.
The evening dances in the clouds,
It covers the hills with blood,
A crown of vultures
Go with the truck.
Sometimes I lose track
As the heart turns,
♪ when my life will have ♪
The road I want?
A flutter of Shadows
Lengthens the silence
Like sinking into the night
The wagon's creaking.
I also open the Earth
And with her I open my faith,
Yaprate yunta 'e negro
It begins to Dawn!