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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/quena
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Quena
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Quena
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Del antiguo cuzco cruzó hasta arequipa
Y el lado sagrado de américa india
Por el tiwanaku al tipanparisca
Llegó hasta humahuaca la quena del inca
Quena, quena del alma
Como llora en tus notas
El dolor de la raza
Se perdió en el tiempo
Tu alegría indiana
Desde que pizarro
Traicionó a atahualpa
Que nunca se apague
Tu antigua nostalgia
Quena de los incas
Quena de humahuaca
Grito de los andes
Dolor del curaca
Símbolo del inca
Pena del amautha
Quena, quena del alma
Cuando los hermanos huáscar y atahualpa mancharon de sangre
La armonía incaica, temblaron los cerros, lloró la montaña
Su llanto de oro, de estaño y de plata
Quena, quena del inca atahualpa
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Mercedes Sosa performs "Quena", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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