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Cuando paso por la falda de aquellos cerros


Performed by Eufronio Obispo Rojas.
Recorded October 4, 2026 in San Pedro de Casta, Huarochirí,
Department of Lima, Peru (acquisition date: October 24, 2026).
Recorded by Rowan Glass on behalf of Derek Piotr.

Cuando paso por la falda de aquellos cerros
Lloro sin consuelo
Al mirarte bajo un alsito1
Día a día te vas secando
Solo quedan arenalcito

Si fuera el agua te regaría
Bajo un alsito
Quizá las gotas de todo mis llantos
Salven tus vidas

Tres lagunas olvidadas de aquellos tiempos
En las alturas
Sacrificio nos costaron
Día y noche amanecerse
Juntito al agua
When I pass by the foot of those hills
I weep inconsolably
As I look at you beneath a small tree
Day by day you wither away
Leaving only patches of sand

If I were water I would nourish you
Beneath that small tree
Perhaps the drops from all my weeping
Might save your life

Three forgotten lagoons from days gone by
In the highlands
It has cost us a sacrifice
Day and sleepless night
Right by the water's edge

1. Likely a variant of alisito, the diminutive of aliso, an Andean tree.





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contributed recording, Peru