El Condor Pasa (Полет кондора) – Перуанская народная мелодия, 1913 На англ. переведена в 1970. Стиль, который именуется "мелодии Анд" – традиционной музыки перуанских индейцев. Этот мотив был признан национальным достоянием перуанского народа.
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would, if I could, I surely would I'd rather be a hammer than a nail Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Away, I'd rather sail away Like a swan that's here and gone A man gets tied up to the ground He gives the world Its saddest sound Its saddest sound
I'd rather be a forest than a street Yes I would, if I could, I surely would I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would