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Artist: Atahualpa Yupanqui
Canonical path: /atahualpa-yupanqui/el-amigo
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Amigo
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El Amigo
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Al tranco llego a las casas
Después que se puso el sol
Igual que un cuero mojado
Le pesaba el corazón
Bajo la sombra del patio
Despacio desensillo
Caminito de la aguada
Su caballo se perdió
Como de lejos el viento
Iba carriando un rumor
De potreros y alamedas
Misterios de la oración
Bajo el candil de la luna
Saco tabaco y armo
Igual que un cuero mojado
Le pesaba el corazón
Se le había muerto el amigo
Un caballo lo apretó
Asuntos que siempre pasan
Por esas pampas de Dios
Para historias y mentiras
El velorio es ocasión
Pero el que siente de veras
No tiene conversación
Amargueando soledades
Toda la noche paso
Después el último viaje
Del amigo acompaño
Y después siempre callado
A su rancho enderezo
Y a naides le importa nada
Lo que por su alma paso
Recién al irse la luna
A su rancho se gano
Las cosas que cavilaba
Tal vez que la sepa Dios
Igual que un cuero mojado
Le pesaba el corazón
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