Marcador de ganado, amansador, rescatista de sal,
matancero, capador de cerdos, yerbatera,
pajarero, buscador de tapados, vivandera...
son los oficios en el reino de Dios
Para nosotros
el mar es nuestra labor
Destetados con hiel de cetáceo
mis hermanitos menores y yo
la primogénita
aguardamos el retorno de mi padre
pescador de mariscos
que se hizo a la mar
hace ya tres días
YAKU MAMACHA
Uywa tuyruq, uywa sayk’uq, kachi sik'iq,
khuchi capador, ñak'aq, qora hanpiq,
pesqo mirachiq, ch'ullpa haphch'iq, chupi qhatu...
chayllan kay Diospa suyunpi llank'aykunaqa
Ñoqaykupaq ichaqa
hatun qocha kawsayniyku
Challwakunaq hayaqenwan hañuk'asqa
sullk'a turachaykuna, ñoqa ima
phiwi wawa
kaypi suyapakushayku
yukra challwaq taytaypa kutimunanta:
ña kinsa p'unchayña haykun lamarqochaman
manaraq kutimunchu
THE VIRGIN OF THE WATERS
Cattle brander, tamer, salt dealer
butcher, pork castrator, bird breeder
hidden treasures seeker, food seller
these are the jobs in God’s kingdom
For us
the sea is our field
Weaned with cetacean bile, my little brothers,
a numerous family, and I
the first born daughter
wait the return of my father the fisherman
who went to sea
three days ago