Ojos azules (song)

Ojos azules is a traditional taquira also played as huayno song of the Andean Altiplano region, authored by the famous Bolivian composer Gilberto Rojas Enriquez in 1947. This song was also wrongly attributed to a Peruvian composer, Manuel Casazola Huancco, but there is no proof of it. Rojas Enriquez composed many songs with a style very palpable in Ojos Azules.

In the SADAIC (Argentine Society of Composers and Authors), Ojos Azules was listed in 1951 as song number #1635196, by author Gilbert Rojas Enriquez.

In the past 40 years, Ojos Azules has been interpreted by several Bolivian, Peruvian, Chilean, and Argentinian groups. Most groups had the wrong information about its composer, only Mercedes Sosa knew about Gilberto Rojas.

Lyrics

Ojos azules no llores,
no llores ni te enamores.
Llorarás cuando me vaya,
cuando remedio ya no haya.
Tú me juraste quererme,
quererme toda la vida.
No pasaron dos, tres días,
tú te alejas y me dejas.
En una copa de vino
quisiera tomar veneno
veneno para matarme,

veneno para olvidarte.

English translation

Blue eyes don't cry
Don't cry or fall in love
You will cry after I leave
When there is no more remedy
You swore to love me
Love me your entire life
Two, three days went by
You went away and left me
In a wine glass
I wish I could drink venom
Venom to kill myself
Venom to forget you
You'll cry when I go away.

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