El pájaro chogüí [English translation]

Legend has it that in a tree

There was a little Guarani1 boy perched on it,

Who when startled by his mother's scream

Lost his balance and fell to his death.

And in motherly arms,

By some strange spell, he was turned into a chogüí2

Chogüí, chogüí, chogüí, chogüí,

He sang, looking in the distance

Crying and flying he [flew] far away

Chogüí, chogüí, chogüí, chogüí,

He goes about so beautifully, he's so beautiful

Lost in the Guarani sky.

And since that day, the little indian boy is remembered

When an echo from a chogüí is heard

That cheerful and boisterous song

From the graceful Naranjero3 who rang it in his singing.

Jumping and pecking the oranges

Which is his favorite fruit, endlessly repeating it4

Chogüí, chogüí, chogüí, chogüí,

He sang, looking in the distance

Crying and flying he [flew] far away

Chogüí, chogüí, chogüí, chogüí,

He goes about so beautifully, he's so beautiful

Lost in the Guarani sky.

1. Or "Guarany", is an indigenous person from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. [Source].2. Chogüí is Spanish (one of several words for it) for the name of a species of bird called the Sayaca Tanager. [Source].3. It's another species of bird called the Blue-and-yellow Tanager. [Source].4. He's endlessly pecking and jumping on the oranges.

• Artist:Rigo Tovar
• Album:¡En acción! (1975)