Las naranjas

This tune, which Violeta Parra learned from Mrs. Elena Saavedra in Lautaro, is played on a transposed tuned guitar, that is, in a single key.

So many damn oranges,
so many lemons on the ground,
so many pretty girls,
so many single young men.

So many damn oranges,
so many green lemons.
When a man falls in love,
he even loses his shame.

I went to the sea for oranges,
something the sea doesn't have.
I put my hand in the water:
hope remains.

For the whole gang,
orange peel.
Love has me crazy,
lost and hopeless.