Romancero Cholo
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Literature
Nieto’s Song of the Wild Woman’s Retreat
Luís Nieto, the great poet of Cuzco and the author of the Romancero Cholo, does not just write of the…
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A Charango’s Biography, a Poem by Luis Nieto Miranda
After taking a break for a long while, Cuzco Eats brings you another poem from Cuzco’s great poet Luís Nieto…
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Treacherous Chola, a Poem by Luís Nieto Miranda
Luís Nieto MIranda's poem "La Chola Bandida" in translation.
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Wind and Flute Wail in Nieto’s Poem
Luís Nieto Miranda, the great poet of Cuzco, grasped the Andean landscape and people's interactions with it in this poem,…
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Commentary
Nieto’s “The Romance of the Charangos”
A knife fight between young men who hope to attract the attention of an attractive young woman is at the…
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Literature
Sorrow on the Puna, a Translation of Luís Nieto’s Poem
Wind rushes across the high, grassy land that stretches between Peru’s river valleys and its snowy, mountain peaks as if…
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Romance of Barbaracha by Luis Nieto
Cuzco’s women demand attention. And Cuzco’s most famous poet of the twentieth century, Luis “El Cholo” Nieto Miranda gives it…
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Guitar by Luis Nieto Miranda
Guitar, my guitar, moan that breaks the soul; robed in pain you are like a pale dove.
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