‘‘ Quiero cantar son del llano’’

I want to sing.
I want to sing a son of the plain.
I want to sing

  The son of the plain is not
written in Literature.
The son of the plain is not
written in Literature,
but if in the heart
of the guajiro in the plain,
but if in the heart
of the guajiro in the plain.
I want to sing a son of the plain.
I want to sing.
I want to sing a son of the plain.
I want to sing

Many school treseros
they want to imitate the piano.
Many school treseros
want to imitate the piano
and I tell you my brother,
with great reason,
that the tumbao of manigua
has much more flavor
that the tumbao of manigua
has much more flavor.

  I want to sing a son of the plain.
I want to sing.
I want to sing a son of the plain.
I want to sing

My dad was a milker,
boyfriend of the dawn.
My dad was a milker,
boyfriend of the dawn
and I remember when a point
by the potrero sang,
and in that humble work
my grandfather accompanied
and in that humble work
My grandfather accompanied.