Chacarera Del Patio

Sun and Moon Painting
star roofs
They are cute in my payment
Those dirt patios

Old man's face patio
Where my mother lay
The bread that is in the pan
I earned it by washing

And for the carnivals
With cuete and chacareras
Dirty chinitas
We set up trenches

earth chacarera
Monkey-colored moon
Sun full of coyuyos
They are patios of Santiago

singeing naps
Of men, bugs and plants
In tree-lined courtyards
Water and jars are made

If I have drunk stars
that they came down to my patio
On friends' nights
Patio, couplet and guitar

Tucu-tucus illuminate
Concert nights
Of troubadour crickets
In the deserted courtyards

earth chacarera
Monkey-colored moon
Sun full of coyuyos
They are patios of Santiago