La Noche del Chupacabra

(Verso 1)
Luna leve, loma larga,
grita el coquí con garganta clara.
Cabra caída, cuerpo cansado,
dos dientes dejan silencio sagrado.

(Estribillo)
¡Chupacabra, sombra que sangra!
¡Chupacabra, clava y clama!
Cierra la cerca, cuida la casa,
camina la noche, nunca descansa.

(Verso 2)
Don Julián juró con miedo,
vio la bestia brincar sin ruedo.
Espinas erguidas, espalda de acero,
sus ojos eran brasas, su salto, ligero.

(Estribillo)
¡Chupacabra, sombra que sangra!
¡Chupacabra, clava y clama!
Cierra la cerca, cuida la casa,
camina la noche, nunca descansa.

(Puente – susurrado/entonado)
Sal en la puerta, ajo en la mesa,
todavía ronda, todavía empieza.
Llama como niño, ríe como muerto,
si escuchas su canto, corre desierto.

(Estribillo final – fuerte, repetido)
¡Chupacabra, sombra que sangra!
¡Chupacabra, clava y clama!
Cierra la cerca, cuida la casa,
camina la noche, nunca descansa…

English:

The Night of the Chupacabra

(Verse 1)
Light moon, long hillside,
the coquí cries with a clear throat.
Fallen goat, weary body,
two teeth leave a sacred silence.

(Chorus)
Chupacabra, shadow that bleeds!
Chupacabra, clawing, crying!
Close the fence, guard the home,
it walks the night, it never rests.

(Verse 2)
Don Julián swore in fear,
he saw the beast leap without end.
Spines upright, a back of steel,
its eyes were embers, its leap, unreal.

(Chorus)
Chupacabra, shadow that bleeds!
Chupacabra, clawing, crying!
Close the fence, guard the home,
it walks the night, it never rests.

(Bridge – whispered/intoned)
Salt on the doorway, garlic on the table,
still it circles, still it begins.
It calls like a child, it laughs like the dead,
if you hear its song, run from its tread.

(Final Chorus – strong, repeated)
Chupacabra, shadow that bleeds!
Chupacabra, clawing, crying!
Close the fence, guard the home,
it walks the night, it never rests…

El Chupacabra

Professional software developer. Amateur composer, photographer, chef. (Note I am not the other Geoffrey Falk in Toronto who writes music. That's Geoffrey David Falk, who often goes by just "Geoffrey Falk.")

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