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Artist: Atahualpa Yupanqui
Canonical path: /atahualpa-yupanqui/canto-al-rio-uruguay
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Canto al Rio Uruguay
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Canto al Rio Uruguay
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Este río que passa como si no pasara
Como si fuera un juego de me quedo y me voy
Que esconde entre los ceibos su malón de tacuaras
Mientras suelta en la espuma su mensaje de adiós
Este río que busca los hondos barrancones
Para llorar a solas todo lo que perdió
Que ve con ojos mansos a los viejos lanchones
Al niño busca nidos y al botero cantor
Este río en un tempo fue muerte florecida
Con alarido y lanza del imperio Chaná
Cuando hasta el viento mismo se jugaba la vida
Por observar la abeja sobre el mburucuyá
Y después en el viaje de muchas primaveras
Fue romanticamente como un prisma de luz
Y le fueron naciendo vigüelas romanceras
Donde templaban versos del viejo Yamandú
Yo vengo a ser la sombra de una cumbre lejana
La semilla de un sueño una copla quizá
Y siento que este río tiene una voz indiana
Que se va monte abajo pero nunca se va
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