Lo Que Soy
Lazaro Caballero
What I Am
Somewhere when I sing off-key
My song becomes sad
My verses cry
Like the owl in the field
My heart of gold and silver
Valuable to some
To others just the comfort
Of the always happy
I return whistling on the trail
Next to my white heart
Companion of my childhood
Noble and firm my horse
I am from Formosa, gentlemen
In Gran Guardia is my life
Green land of hope
That brighten my soul
My friendship is for the poor and those who have always had
I don't need wealth
To share with friends
Like an arrow my horse
Has come with a whistle
It frolics in the courtyard
Seeing my extended lasso
The inheritance of my grandparents
To be a man of the field
A gentleman by nobility
And dark-skinned for being a gaucho
I am from Formosa, gentlemen
In Gran Guardia is my life
Green land of hope
That brighten my soul
