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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/la-zafrera
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La Zafrera
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La Zafrera
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El sol despierta en la zafra
la escarcha del cañaveral,
y en el dulce rocío del agua
baja el viento a cantar,
cuando el brazo zafrero
derriba el oscuro sabor del jornal.
El día enciende en la caña
lo verde de mi Tucumán,
y en el aire de un silbo andariego
la mañana se va
a jugar con el chango
que dejé esperando allá en Famaillá.
Cuando la luna zafrera
se queme en las carpas de tanto soñar,
subirá por la sangre de un grito
su tambor a golpear,
pa' que se haga esperanza
el amargo almíbar del cañaveral.
La luz metal del machete
cantando por los tallos va,
y en el sordo crujido del carro
agoniza un zorzal,
cuando suelta el camino
su lengua sedienta por el arenal.
La tarde oscura de azúcar
se apaga ya en el naranjal,
y en la sombra frutal del aroma
sueña mi Tucumán
porque adentro e'su noche,
mi zafra de zamba me pongo a cantar.
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Mercedes Sosa performs "La Zafrera", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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