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Artist: Robert Wyatt
Canonical path: /robert-wyatt/arauco
Related lyric paths: 6
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Arauco
Read Arauco lyrics by Robert Wyatt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Arauco
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Arauco tiene una pena
Que no la puedo callar,
Son injusticias de siglos
Que todos ven aplicar,
Nadie le ha puesto remedio
Pudiendolo remediar.
Levantate, huenchullan.
Un dia llega de lejos
Huescufe conquistador,
Buscando montanas de oro,
Que el indio nunca busco,
Al indio le basta el oro
Que le relumbra del sol.
Levantate, curimon.
Entonces corre la sangre,
No sabe el indio que hacer,
Le van a quitar su tierra,
La tiene que defender,
El indio se cae muerto,
Y el afuerino de pie.
Levantate, manquilef
Adonde se fue lautaro
Perdido en el cielo azul,
Y el alma de galvarino
Se la llevo el viento sur,
Por eso pasan llorando
Los cueros de su kultrun.
Levantate, pues, callfull.
Del ano mil cuatrocientos
Que el indio afligido esta,
A la sombra de su ruca
Lo pueden ver lloriquear,
Totora de cinco siglos
Nunca se habra de secar.
Levantate, callupan.
Arauco tiene una pena
Mas negra que su chamal,
Ya no son los espanoles
Los que les hacen llorar,
Hoy son los propios chilenos
Los que les quitan su pan.
Levantate, pailahuan.
Ya rugen las votaciones,
Se escuchan por no dejar,
Pero el quejido del indio
?por que no se escuchara?
Aunque resuene en la tumba
La voz de caupolican,
Levantate, huenchullan.
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Robert Wyatt performs "Arauco", and this lyric page sits inside the Robert Wyatt catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Sunday In Madrid and A.W.O.L. with a short reason for opening each page next.
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