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English version from a 1931 Spanish poem by Venezuelan poet Luís Barrios Cruz (1898-1968)
From Siete canciones venezolanas (1932), by Juan Bautista Plaza (1898-1965).
--English version ©2011, by E. Lein
Over these four roads flew four wild macaws,
Over these four roads through the sun-parched plain.
Over these four roads four egrets got lost
In search of a green pool that the scrub brush drank.
Over these four roads of the forlorn guitar,
Over these four roads I will find my soul.
CLICK HERE for the original Spanish text (possibly still under copyright) and an excerpt from the score.
The following mp3 is linked directly from http://www.fundacionjuanbautistaplaza.com/plaza13.htm