Atahualpa Yupanqui
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El Indio y La Quena

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Atahualpa Yupanqui Canonical path: /atahualpa-yupanqui/el-indio-y-la-quena Related lyric paths: 6 Video embedded: yes
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El Indio y La Quena

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Se llamaba Quena, un día pidió a su indiecito enamorado

Quiero oro del Sol, tráeme oro del Sol

El joven indio partió rumbo al poniente

Cruzó montañas, pedregales y territorios extraños

Pero no encontró oro del Sol

Retornó entonces a la piedra, pero Quena no estaba

Pachamama la había castigado

Convirtiéndola en un pequeño trozo de caña

El indio llamó a los cuatros vientos

¡Quena! ¡Quena!

Por un extraño impulso llevó a sus labios

El trozo de bambú y en él suspiró el nombre de su amada

Desde entonces la montaña sagrada tiene un cántico más

Sumado a la soledad de las cordilleras

¡Viejo tocador de quena

Silencio, bronce y dolor!

Angustia de cinco notas

Que nunca nadie escuchó

Perfil de cóndor andino

Rostro que el viento alisó

Ojos llenos de silencios

Y manos de labrador

¡Cuánta piedra en los caminos

Toda la vida encontró!

Milagro que no se hiciera

De piedra su corazón

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