Editor\u2019s Note: This poem is available exclusively in Quechua-English edition.<\/p>\n
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Chuqik\u2019irawchaw<\/b><\/p>\n
Q\u2019umir kuka k\u2019intuwan
\nsaminchasqa k\u2019intusqa
\ninka llaqta; yachay wasi.<\/p>\n
Sara aqhawan ch\u2019allasqa,
\nllama pichuwan saymasqa,
\ninkakunaq samaykusqan llaqta.<\/p>\n
Munasqay Chuqik\u2019irawchay,
\nintitaytaq qhawaykusqan urqu
\nkillamamaq samaranan patacha,
\nqantapunin musqukuyki
\nquyllurkunawan t\u2019akaykusqata,
\nsach\u2019akunaq sunqunmanta
\nk\u2019ancharimushaqta.<\/p>\n
Munakusqay Chuqik\u2019irawchay
\n\u00f1awpaykunaq \u00f1awpa llaqtan,
\nkisuhina rumimanta q\u2019allasqa
\nchhuqlluhina rumimanta pirqasqa,
\nqantapunin musqukuyki
\nApurimaq takiyniywan qarpasqata,
\nriw q\u2019intichaq t\u2019ikanmanta
\nt\u2019ikarishaqta, munay llaqta.<\/p>\n
Munasqay Chuqik\u2019irawchay
\nyuraq phuyuwan chalinasqa,
\npachakamaq
\nq\u2019umir punchunwan punchuykusqa,
\npachamamaq
\nwankaykunan saywa patacha,
\nqantapunin musqukuyki
\nSalqantaypa paka k\u2019inrayllanpi
\nqimisqa willkayusqata,
\nmuyuriqninmanta apukunawan
\nqimisqa qinchayusqata.<\/p>\n
Yaw Chuqik\u2019irawchay,
\nmunay ch\u2019aska llaqtay;
\nriw q\u2019intikunaq llaqtan.
\nTuta p\u2019unchaw
\nlliphi lliphipipispa
\nsunquyta suwawaqtiyki,
\nnuqapas
\nquyllur quyllurmanta
\nurmaykamuyki
\nt\u2019ika huertuykiman
\nurpi yanay mashkaq tumpalla.<\/p>\n
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My Lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw1<\/sup><\/b><\/p>\n Homeland of the Inkas, house of wisdom, Homeland animated with the Inka\u2019s breath, My lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw, My lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw, My lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw, Hey you, my lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw, Homeland of the Inkas, house of wisdom, \/ purified by koka leaves, \/ infused with the energy of the k\u2019intu. \/\/ Homeland animated with the Inka\u2019s breath, \/ made sacred by the smoke of llama\u2019s chest, \/ anointed with chicha, mighty\u00a0corn beer. \/\/ My lovely Chuqik\u2019iraw, \/ mountain of the father sun I looked at and took care of, \/ small place where mother moon rests, \/ I always dream about you \/ sprinkled with the shining stars \/ lit up \/ from the trees\u2019 deepest core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2892],"tags":[4320],"genre":[2023],"pretext":[],"section":[2360],"translator":[3152],"lal_author":[3114],"class_list":["post-11050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literatura-indigena","tag-numero-21","genre-indigenous-literature-es","section-indigenous-literature-es","translator-claudia-a-arteaga-es","lal_author-chaska-anka-ninawaman-es"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"pretext","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pretext?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/translator?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"lal_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lal_author?post=11050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\npurified by koka leaves,
\ninfused with the energy of the k\u2019intu2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n
\nmade sacred by the smoke of llama\u2019s chest,
\nanointed with chicha, mighty\u00a0corn beer.<\/p>\n
\nmountain of the father sun I looked at and took care of,
\nsmall place where mother moon rests,
\nI always dream about you
\nsprinkled with the shining stars
\nlit up
\nfrom the trees\u2019 deepest core.<\/p>\n
\nancient village of my ancestors
\ncarved in stone like cheese,
\nerected with stone walls like corn
\nI always dream about you,
\nirrigated by the Apurimac chant
\nwinging of hummingbird in its flower
\nmy beautiful and blossoming\u00a0village.<\/p>\n
\nsummit of the pillar of stones,
\nenfolded in the white clouds
\nof Pachakama3<\/sup>,
\ndressed in the balmy green poncho
\nof Pachamama4<\/sup>,
\nI always dream about you,
\nsupported by the hidden side of the Salqantay,
\nmade sacred by the surrounding
\nholy mountains,
\nstrengthened by the misfortunes.<\/p>\n
\nmy beautiful village of stars,
\nvillage of the riw<\/i> hummingbird.
\nWhen you are sparkling
\nbetween the dawn and the darkness,
\nyou steal my heart,
\nthen I too
\nfrom star to star
\nfall over you
\ninto your huerta5<\/sup> full of flowers
\nas if I were looking for my lover.<\/p>\nTranslated from the Quechua by Claudia A. Arteaga<\/h5>\n
1<\/sup>\u00a0Chuqik\u2019iraw, or \u201cChoquequirao\u201d in Spanish, is the name of an Inca archeological complex, located above the Apurimac River in Cusco, Peru. The Inca ruler Topa Inca Yupanqui built Chuqik\u2019iraw during the fifteenth century. This\u00a0 ceremonial center was also a citadel in which the Incas of Vilcabamba resisted the Spanish invasion in the first decades of the sixteenth century.<\/h6>\n
2<\/sup>\u00a0K\u2019intu refers to the coca leaves used in Andean rituals.<\/h6>\n
3<\/sup> According to Andean colonial chronicles, Pachakama means \u201cThe Maker of the Universe.\u201d<\/h6>\n
4<\/sup> \u201cMother Earth\u201d in the Quechua language.<\/h6>\n
5<\/sup>\u00a0In the original, the author uses \u201chuertuykiman\u201d in allusion to the Spanish world \u201chuerta.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Photo:<\/strong> Choquequirao Archaeological Park, Cusco, Peru. Juanca loayza, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"