Mercedes Sosa "La Mamancy" lyrics

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La Mamancy

Arribita, sol arribaEncontré mi corazón,A la sombra de mi mamaBajo un cielo de cardón.

Era el tiempo del asombro,De seguirle el rastro al solArribita cielo, arribaDonde hacían el color.

De sus manos vi nacerLos oficios del laurelY un susurro de telarQue rondaba mi niñez.

Arribita, sueño arribaDespertó mi corazónPorque a veces me dolíaLa tristeza de los dos.

Estaba allí, gestándome,Mamancy, mi mamitay,A su calor me vio crecer,Soledad con soledadY su raíz en mi raízRegresa siempre a cantar.

Estaba allí, gestándome,Mamancy, mi mamitay

The little mother

Up, up, sun go up.I found my heart,on the shadow of my motherunder a sky made of cacti 1.

It was the time of bewilderment,of following the sun's trails.Up, up, my heaven, upwhere the color got made.

From her hands I saw the birthof the crafts of the laureland a whisper from the loomthat circled around my childhood.

Up,up, my dream, up.My heart woke upbecause sometimes it hurtwith both our sadnesses.

She was there, nurturing me,little mother, my little mother, 2she saw me grow up by her warmth,lonelinesses put together,and her roots inside my rootsalways come back to sing.

She was there, nurturing me,little mother, my little mother.

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