Eugenio
Huanca charango, quena and pan pipes
Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomias
Robles notated this popular traditional melody and
used it as the basis for an instrumental suite.
Many varied lyrics have since been written, but
this anonymous version invites the singer to ride
on its back high above the earth where, from that
vantage point, one sees no borders, no frontiers -
"all are equal." After a college concert
in South Dakota in the late 70's, I was given
these words by a young teacher named Loren Silver,
who said he had been living and teaching in
Bolivia for several years.
Multi-instrumentalist Eugenio Huanca is from
Chile, and now makes his home in Western
Massachusetts.
El condor al pasar me dijo a mí, sígueme, más
allá, y tú verás
En la espalda del condor me senté, a volar, cada
vez más alto, el cielo alcanzar
Mirar, mirar hacia la tierra, tan distinta de lo
que ví
Fronteras no se deben ver, todo el mundo, desde
allí, es lo que ví
El condor al cantar se escuchó, repitió, son
hermanos, todos iguales
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