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Untitled excerpt from Quechuan Lilies
Little rainstorm, little rainstorm ********please, do not rain down on me, that my shawl is short.
Hailstorm, hailstorm ********do not hail down on me, that my shawl is small.
Diversion, diversion, divert. ********Even upon thorns I would walk, Even stones I would break under bare foot.
Ay, ayayái, ayayái! ********Little shepherdess: ********going up the little hill as the condor circles and circles.
Ay, ayayái, ayayái! ********Little shepherd ********climbing the little mountain as the hawk flutters and flutters.
Ay, ayayái, ayayái! ********Shepherds ********Standing atop the courtyard wall, as the fox sniffs and sniffs.
Let us go, yes or no: Into the river, to catch fish.
Let us go, yes or no: to the shore to stone some ducks.