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Artist: Atahualpa Yupanqui
Canonical path: /atahualpa-yupanqui/el-forastero
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Forastero
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El Forastero
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Porque no soy de estos
pagos me acusan de forastero
como si fuera un pecado
vivir como vive el viento
De donde vendrán los vientos ,
de donde vendrá el rocío
que besa los pastizales
de la llanura y el cerro
Yo vengo de todas partes
por los caminos del sueño
como las rosas a mayo
los jazmines a enero.
Doy lo que tengo que dar ,
y a veces me doy entero
como la dicha en los valles
y la pena en los desiertos
Junto estrellas en la noche
y en la sombra las enhebro
con ellas hago un collar
para ponerlo en el cuello
de una paisana que nunca
me sintiera forastero
Y ando por todas las sendas,
las del valle, las del cerro
y aquellas que no se ven
y andan corazón adentro
La gente me ve pasar
y me dice forastero
solo escuchan mis oídos ,
porque mi alma esta lejos
Esta mirando esos mundos
que no ven los que son ciegos
aunque se llenen de luz
y tengan los ojos bellos
Por donde quiera que paso,
voy desgranando mis sueños,
aunque digan los demás,
allá pasa un forastero.
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