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IYARINA
Napo-Pastaza, Ecuador
CENTER FOR LEARNING ALLIANCE: Fundación Cotococha | Andes and Amazon Field School | Shayarina Amazonian Resilience
Ichushami Rikani
Los Jilgueritos (Grupo Cultural Kichwa de Napo)
Kichwa
///Yaya mama piñakpi ichushami rikani///
//Payguna apisha rikpi
ichushami kallpani
Chimborazuma paktangak//
///Chimborazo urkupi chaupi urkui sikauni///
//Urkupundai paktasha
ñakcharisha shayauni
sankamalla rikusha//
///Chimborazo urcupi razu urcu shayauni///
//Ñuka muzushituwa
maybichari siriunri
shu warmira apisha//
/Chimborazu yakupi chaupi urcu chimbauni/
//Chimborazu yakupi chaupi yakui chimbauni//
//Washamalla rikukpi
ñuka muzushituwa
washamanda shamushka//
English
///When my father and mother got angry I ditched them and left ///
//When they went to catch me I ran until I reached Chimborazo //
///On Mount Chimborazo I had climbed half way up the mountain ///
//When I arrive at a peak
I stand combing my hair
looking off toward a canyon //
///Standing on Chimborazo, a snowy mountain (I wonder)///
//Where is my boyfriend lying now?
Maybe he has taken another girl?//
/Halfway up the mountain I cross the Chimborazo River/
//At the Chimborazo River I cross to mid stream//
//From there I look back and see that my boyfriend has come following me//
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