Mañana me voy pa'l norte

Tomorrow I'm headed north
To tell the folks in the pampas
I've got my trutruca ready
My drum and my cymbals

Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai,
Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai,

I'll offer a toast in the pampa
To the saltpeter workers
With little tokens of love
Gifts from the Southerners

Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai,
Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai,

We'll decorate the table
With flowers from the tamarugo
Draped with copihue
From the copihual of Temuco

Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai,
Lai la rai lai lai, lai lai lai.

And when they start to sing
Let all the quenas cry
As the Indian's drum beats
Releasing all their sorrows.