Tambubambinu maqtatas
Yawar mayu apamun
Tambubambinu maqtatas
Yawar unu apamun

Tinyachallanñas tuytuchkan
Qinachallanñas tuytuchkan
Charankullanñas tuytuchkan
Biritillanñas tuytuchkan

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Khuyakusqan pasñari
Waqayllañas waqaschllan
Wayllukusqan pasñari
Llakillañas llakischllan

Punchitullanta qhawaspa
Charankullanta qhawaspa
Biritillanta rikuspa
Qinachallanta rikuspa

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Kunturllañas muyushian
Tambubambinu maskaspa
Kunturllañas muyushian
Tambubambinu maskaspa

Manapunis tarinchu
Yawar mayus apakun
Manapunis tarinchu
Yawar unus apakun

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Al muchacho Tambobambino
Un río de sangre lo trae
Al muchacho Tambobambino
Lo trae el agua sangrienta.

Sólo su pequeña Tinya flota
Sólo su quenita flota
Sólo su charanguito flota
Sólo su birretito (gorrito) flota.

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La muchacha que quería
Sólo llora y llora
La muchacha que amaba
Sólo sufre y sufre

Mirando sólo su ponchito
Contemplando sólo su charanguito
Mirando sólo su birretito
Contemplando sólo su quenita

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Dicen que el Cóndor da vueltas
Buscando al Tambobambino
Dicen que el Cóndor da vueltas
Buscando al Tambobambino

Y dicen que no lo hallará
Pues el río de sangre lo arrastró
Y dicen que no lo hallará
Pues el agua sangrienta se lo llevó

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The boy Tambobambino (from Tambobamba)
A river of blood brings him
The boy Tambobambino (from Tambobamba)
Him brings the bloody water.

Only his small drum floats
Only his flute floats
Only his charanguito (Andean small guitar) floats
Only his birretito (cap) floats

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The girl he loved
Only cries and cries
The girl he loved
Only suffers and suffers

Looking only his poncho
Contemplating just his charanguito
Looking only his birretito
Contemplating only his flute

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They say the Condor turns
Looking for the Tambobambino
The Condor turns it's told
Looking for the Tambobambino

And they say it will not find him
As the river of blood dragged him
And it's told it will not find him
As the bloody water took him

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