Seth’s Rendition of “Si Vas Para Chile”

by Gary on February 23, 2007

Si Vas Para Chile
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Here are the words to the song and a translation:

Si vas para Chile,	If you’re going to Chile,
te ruego que pases	I beg you to stop by
por donde vive mi amada;	where my loved one lives;
es una casita	it’s a little house,
muy linda y chiquita	very pretty and cozy,
que está en las faldas	by the slopes
de un cerro enclavada.	of a mountain-top surrounded.
La adornan las parras,	Grape arbors adorn it,
la cruza un estero,	a stream runs by it,
y al frente hay un sauce	and out front there is a weeping willow
que llora y que llora	that cries and cries
porque yo la quiero.	because I love her.
Si vas para Chile,	If you’re going to Chile,
te ruego, viajero,	I beg you, traveler,
le digas a ella	that you tell her
que de amor me muero.	I’m dying of love.
El pueblito se llama Las Condes,	The little town is called Las Condes,
y está junto a los cerros y al cielo,	and it’s next to the mountains and the sky,
y si miras de lo alto hacia el valle	and if you look from above down on the valley
lo verás que lo baña un estero.	you’ll see it’s bathed by a stream.
Campesinos y gentes del pueblo	Country folk and peoples of the town
te saldrán al encuentro, viajero,	will go out to meet you, traveler,
y verás cómo quieren en Chile	and you’ll see how Chileans love
al amigo cuando es forastero.	a friend when he/she is a foreigner.
Si vas para Chile,	If you’re going to Chile,
te ruego, viajero,	I beg you, traveler,
le digas a ella	that you tell her
que de amor me muero.	I’m dying of love.

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janice February 23, 2007 at 4:40 pm: That was nice.

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pabrauer February 23, 2007 at 6:10 pm: Great! Thanks so much.

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micahjw February 23, 2007 at 9:53 pm: I’m glad you learned to play that song, Seth.

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