Canto Enfermo

Admiration, fascination
for the Andean past and present
a people who survived extermination
taky unguy* resistance to domination

Despite adversity
their great ingenuity made them prosper,
strength and wisdom
Pachamama did not die
faith that endures to this day

Dispossessed, expelled
they left the land of their ancestors
migration, official violence
abuse and contempt that has not ceased.
They departed, arrived and conquered
the land that God never promised them,
they seduced, in the desert
and thus forged a new nation.

taky unguytakimuni
wagay takitas takimuni
apunchiskuna rikchi arigtin
wamanikuna hatarigtin

Mama Simona, your blessing
give us strength give us your love,
give us courage to continue,
singing together this song.