Canción de Cuna de La Torcaz [English translation]

Branch, your swinging, water, your murmur

pass through my chest to become a lullaby

Little cradle of thorns that the tree gave me

little cradle of feathers I took from myself.

Sleep, my child, cradle and heart

the forest falls asleep with this song

I go to the water to wash your clothes

so it learns to laugh and to play.

For you to sleep, child, the way I want to see you

I will tell you things about the world and luck

at night the moon lost a pin

the tuco found it and it lost it again

Naked the dawn wanted to cry already

my girl, don't cry, take my necklace

and the forest falls asleep with this song

sleep, dearest of my heart.

• Artist:Mercedes Sosa