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Quechua song: Chirapaq by Alborada

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 Quechua is a Native American language family spoken primarily in the Andes of South America, derived from an original common ancestor language, Proto-Quechua.

The official language of the Inca empire was Quechua, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quechua were spoken. The Quechua name for the empire was Tawantinsuyu.

Alborada is a music group inspired by the Andean folklore founded in 1984 by Sixto Aybar in Ocobamba, Peru. Many of her songs are sung in Quechua.

Quechua Song: Chirapaq by Alborada

Kayna punchau turonero
Sapallaypi waqaskani
Mana pipas q'awarillaskan

Waqallarkani sapay
Llakillarkani sapay
Q'uyay mamayta
Yuyarillaspa

Maypillaraq sunquchallay
Maypiñaraq ñawiruruy
Maytaq cuna
Waqaysiwanchu

Waqaysiwanchu ñawiy
Llakisiwanchu sunquy
Tayta mamayta
Yuyarillaqtiy		 Chirapaq Lyrics

Yesterday I was crying
as nobody saw me

I cried lonely
and I felt pain when I was
remembering my poor mother

Where is my heart?
where are my eyes?
They are already sad with me

Don't cry with me
my eyes cry
my heart suffers when I'm
remembering my parents
   

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Quechua song: Chirapaq
 

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