Manantial de Cunya

Manantial de Cunya¹
Recuerdo de una flor
Que mi viste es tan triste²
Aunque tanto lloro
La auricoto³ nombre agüita
Ay, no me olvido
Desde cuando ya amanece
Solo en ti pensando despierto
Lagunitay Pampacocha
Tú solita te lloraste
Cuando te miraba

Spring of Cunya¹
Memory of a flower
That is seen in me so sad²
Though I weep so much
The auricoto³ named water
Oh, I cannot forget
From the moment the day begins
I wake up thinking only of you
Little lake of Pampacocha
You wept all on your own
When I looked upon you

1. Cunya (sometimes spelled Cuñaq or Kunyaq) is the name of a mountain spring that feeds Carhuayumac, the most important canal in San Pedro de Casta's irrigation system. While the name's etymology is somewhat unclear, it may allude onomatopoetically to the sound of the water as it bubbles forth from the spring.

2. Multiple transcriptions are plausible. "Que mi viste es tan triste" could mean "that my outfit" if she wears a flower "is so sad," or even "that my visage is so sad." "Que me viste, es tan triste" would mean "that you saw me, it is so sad." "Que me vistes tan triste" would mean "that you saw me so sad." Finally, "que mi vista es tan triste" would mean "that my view" of the spring and the flower "is so sad."

3. A direct transcription or translation of this line is difficult to produce accurately.

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