El Alcaraván [English translation]

The parakeet in the plot,

The totuma1 in the pen

and even the cock rasps

when an animal2 passes by. (repeat line)

There, in my town,

when a stone-curlew3 flies by

girls get scared

for the kiss in the morichal4

The dog of the house

gets up and starts running

running outside

because he doesn't like fighting.

'It was you', 'what, me?'

'of course not' 'was it you?'

You were seen taking

a cup of coffee to the morichal,

and that Pedro, in the corn fields

was blowing up your corn ears?'5

And that night, the moon

got very pretty, very bright.

So much that even Pedro gets scared

if a stone-curlew flies by.

1. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totuma

Receptacle made out of the dry skin of a big totuma fruit2. Probably a stone-curlew3. There's a legend in the Venezuelan plains that says that if a stone-curlew flies by, it means that there's a pregnant girl in the town.4. An area with a very slow and calm water current, and/or a place where moriches (kind of palm) grows.5. Innuendo

• Artist:Simón Díaz