Text & Translation
i. Chacarera
English source:
Anon.
Y una ñata me ha tocado
Ñato será el casamiento
Y más ñato el resultado.
Cuando canto chacareras
Me dan ganas de llorar
Porque se me representa
Catamarca y Tuoumán.
Chacarera
English translation ©
Jacqueline Cockburn
and a snub-nose girl is what I've got.
Ours will be a snub-nose wedding
and snub-nosed children will be our lot.
Whenever I sing a chacarera
it makes me want to cry,
because it takes me back
to Catamarca and Tuoumán.
i. Chacarera
English source:
Anon.
Chacarera
English source:
Jacqueline Cockburn
A mí me gustan las ñatas
I love girls with little snub noses
Y una ñata me ha tocado
and a snub-nose girl is what I've got.
Ñato será el casamiento
Ours will be a snub-nose wedding
Y más ñato el resultado.
and snub-nosed children will be our lot.
Cuando canto chacareras
Whenever I sing a chacarera
Me dan ganas de llorar
it makes me want to cry,
Porque se me representa
because it takes me back
Catamarca y Tuoumán.
to Catamarca and Tuoumán.
Composer
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentian composer. Read more here.
