La vi por vez primera

temblando de ansiedad
ay de mí, ay de mí, ay de mí.

Quise huir mas no pude

tenía herido el corazón
ay de mí, ay de mí, ay de mí.

Al cielo pido, al cielo clamo

¿por qué delito padezco yo?
El cielo justo responde y dice
sí es tu delito padécelo (bis).

Palomitay, maipi kanki

qayraiku sunquy waqan
jampuway jampuway jampuway.

Suyasuspa
wañuy niña
Inti k’anchamuq tinri
jampuway jampuway….jampuway

Al cielo pido, al cielo clamo

¿por qué delito padezco yo?
El cielo justo responde y dice
sí es tu delito padécelo (bis).
Quechua song in huayno version "palomitay (la vi vi por vez primera) -"my sweetheart, I saw her
for the first time ever" . Reinterpreted by Bolivian folk singer Zulma Yugar*.

It is worth noting that the original version was sung by "Proyeccion Kjarkas " folk band back in
1981.

QUECHUA LYRICS

11.palomitay, maipi kanki

12. Qayraiku sunquy waqan
13.jampuway jampuway….jampuway
14.suyasuspaaaa
15.wañuy niña
16.Inti k’anchamuq tinri**
13. jampuway jampuway….jampuway

ENGLISH LYRICS

1. I saw her for the first time ever

2. Quivering (trembling) out of anxiety (fear/apprehension/trepidation)
3. alas! alas! Alas!( Poor me! Poor me! Poor me!!)
4. I wanted to flee away/escape
5. Yet I couldn’t make it
6. I had my heart broken by you
3.alas! alas! Alas!( poor me! Poor me! Poor me!!)
7. I implore Heaven, I clamour to Heaven
8. What wrongdoing I perpetrated (committed) to suffer from
9. Righteous Heaven makes a response and says
10. If it is your sin, then bear it ( endure it/undergo it/sustain it)
11. Oh my sweetheart, I don’t know your whereabouts
12. My heart sheds tears in distress, because of you
13. Come back to me, come back to me… come back to me
14. While waiting for you
15. I passed away/I departed this life
16. Up until the sun shined down/ Right up till the Eternal Sunshine**

NOTES

*Thumps up for Zulma Yugar's Quechua fluency. The Quechua part of the song involves having a
high level of Poetry -based Quechua understanding.
** 16. Inti k’anchamuq tinri -it is abstract in meaning. I looked into reference 2 ( Anchorena
,J.D.,1874) which records a comprehensive Quechua Grammar.Based upon reference 2, "Inti
k’anchamuq tinri", may mean:
OPTION 1: Up until the sun shined down
OPTION 2: Right up till the Eternal Sunshine

I believe Option 2 fits into the song context.

I ll update any clarification as to this abstract poetic sentence.

REFERENCES

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJXtf...
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caM6M...
3. http://www.quechua.org.uk/

QUECHUA LANGUAGE REFERENCES

1.Academia de la Lengua Quechua (2005) Diccionario Quechua Castellano,Cuzco Peru.

2.Anchorena, J.D. (1874) Gramatica Quechua o del Idioma del Imperio de los Incas.Imprenta del
Estado.Lima Peru.
3.Berrios, D. (2011) Elementos de la Gramatica Quechua.UMMS, Cochabamba Bolivia.
4.Cazazola,E.and Laime, T.(2007) Diccionario Bilingue Quechua Castellano, La Paz Bolvia.
5.Grondin,M. (1980) Metodo Quechua.Los Amigos del Libros Publishing, Cochabamba Bolivia.
6.Lacasa, J. and Noble,J. (2007) Introduction to Quechua-Laguage of the Andes. Dogear Publishing,
Indianapolis.
7.Parker,G. et al (1964) English-Quechua Dictionary-Cuzco,Ayacucho,Cochabamba.Cornell
University- Ithaca -New York.
8.Perkins, J.and Moss,N.(2012) Imanalla An Introduction to Quechwa.Kansas University.
9.Plaza,P. (2009) Qallarinapaq-Curso Basico de Quechua Boliviano. PhD Thesis. Universidad Mayor
de San Simon, Cochabamba-Bolivia.
10.Stobart, H. (2009) Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes.Journal of the
Royal Anthropological Institute. 15, 1, p. 208-209.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ernie Jie Former at City University London and Manchester UoM - United Kingdom.