Lamento indio [English translation]

Many boats came

bringing the colars

and they were leaving so loaded

that they were drowing in the sea

And among many things

that they took from here

there were the bananas

There were the bananas

Oh, Columbus! What have you done?

Oh, Columbus! Why did you discovered us?

Why? Why? Why?

A little indian runs

shoeless by the beach

We give you the corn

she yells desperatedly

We give you chocolate

We give you Potosi

We give you petroleum

But not the bananas

Not the bananas Not the bananas They remain here!

Not the bananas Not the bananas They remain here!

Do you know what is that?

said the discoverer

showing the banana

and the king said no

The queen was laughing

behind the banana

and the Asian gorillas

came to look

Oh, Columbus! What have you done?

Oh, Columbus! Why did you discovered us?

Why? Why? Why?

Then in Europe

the Renaissance began

Thanks to the bananas

everything started to change

And the greek statues

lost their shame

and the vine leaves

went flying

Oh, Columbus! What have you done?

Oh, Columbus! Why did you discovered us?

Why? Why? Why?

• Artist:Nacha Guevara
• Album:Nacha Guevara Canta (1968)