LITTLE PATHWAY OF THE INDIAN

Little pathway of the Indian,
northwestern pathway sown with stones;
little pathway of the Indian,
that brings the valley and the stars together.

Little pathway that the old race
used to walk through, south to north,
before Pachamama became
overshadowed up on the high mountain.

Singing up on the mountain,
crying, down by the river,
the Indian's suffering
grows by night.
The sun and the moon,
and this song of mine,
kissed all of your stones,
little path of the Indian.

In the hilly night,
the Indian flute sobs out its deep nostalgia;
and the little pathway knows
the mestiza for whom the Indian calls.

Upon the heights of the mountain,
a baguala's sorrowful voice is raised
and the little pathway laments
that it is to be blamed for the distance.