El Buen Gualicho [English translation]

My envy is nothing

The wind takes it away

I put it in the water

And suddenly it doesn't exist

It dissolves over time

My sorrow is nothing

The wind takes it away

The water takes it away

It doesn't exist, it doesn't exist

It unravels over time

My beautiful life reminds me

That there are so many little things to sing about

When I forget about you, my life

I lose myself in my mind, saddened

Oh beautiful life when I remember you!

My soul blooms with delight

And a moonbeam transforms my song

I sing to the moon my holy talisman1

The thorn far away

Out of the broken

When I'm fed up with crying

I'm going to plant it in the field

The earth takes this fear out of me

And the moon paints it white

That when the delight goes away

I start complaining so much again

The earth embraces me, silences my voices

And then I get up

My beautiful life reminds me

That there are so many little things to sing about

When I forget about you, my life

I lose myself in my mind, saddened

Oh beautiful life when I remember you!

My soul blooms with delight

And a moonbeam transforms my song

I sing to the moon my holy talisman

The thorn far away

Out of the broken

It has no heart

(the bug in my head)

It has no compassion

(and doesn't want to leave)

It has no heart

(it barely dawns)

It has no compassion

(Let's get it out!)

When I forget about you, my life

I lose myself in my mind, saddened

Oh beautiful life when I remember you!

My soul blooms with delight And a moonbeam transforms my song

I sing to the moon my holy talisman

The thorn far away

Out of the broken

1. In the Southern Cone the word "gualicho" means evil spell or devil, but in Argentina it means a good luck charm or talisman.