Paraguanera

Fill your lips with blush
and anxiety fills the soul
every afternoon the road
receives the kiss of your gaze.
You had a boyfriend and one morning
he kissed you and said wait
you only received a letter
before hunger swallowed him.

Paraguanera, your full moon
Paraguanera, your goat cheese
Paraguanera, your immense beach
Paraguanera, like hope.

Your old man keeps winning lomo
hands as tough as his luck
but dreaming of his little dance
with violin and clarinet.
When the guarapo gets old
the taste is sweet and bitter
when the land is small and poor
there is no peon or master.

Paraguanera, your full moon
Paraguanera, your serenade
Paraguanera, my mother and girlfriend
Paraguanera, sister guitar.

Namesake don't die on me
don't die on me namesake
the roosters are singing
for that town that waits.

Let's give a flower
to that Paraguanera
Singing flower black-yellow
as the prickly pears are pregnant
singing flower black-yellow
fill your eyes with joy.

Oh world your immense moon!

My old man used to say when telling his story
beautiful like a small church
where the bougainvilleas bloom
there's always a pretty girl
where the bougainvilleas bloom
there's always a pretty girl

Paraguanera, your full moon
Paraguanera, your full moon.

Oh world! Let's keep walking.
let's keep waking up.