The Coplas of the Andean region of Colombia, located in the west of the country, correspond to the departments of Huila, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima and Valle de la Cauca.
The couplet is a way of organizing the verses so that one is linked, or coupled, with the others that follow. In general, the verses are brief and have a satirical or humorous tone.
The term "copla" was originally used to denote the rhyme between verses of sixteen syllables each, which constituted the Spanish romance of the fifteenth century..
With the arrival of the Spanish, romances were instituted in Colombia and underwent a process of adaptation, until they became a stanza of four verses of eight syllables each..
Author: Susana Luque Gómez
Elegant bird of the Andes,
that you live in the heights
with your bluish plumage.
You exalt our culture.
You are a symbol of our homeland.
National gigantic bird, not many knew you
they didn't even know what your natural habitat was.
Author: Anonymous
The bullet that wounded me
he also wounded the commander,
they made him captain
And me soldier as before!
Author: Anonymous
Let's drink this drink
to begin the prayer
so that the soul of the deceased
take strength and lock down.
Author: Anonymous
I cry my beloved homeland
And how far I am from her.
I also cry for that
How absent of me he looks.
Republic of Colombia,
New Kingdom of Granada,
There are women for everyone
Only for me there is nothing.
Author: Anonymous
Goodbye, straw house,
soaked by bunch.
Goodbye life of my life,
when will my eyes see you.
A sad farewell
and a well felt absence,
like a sharp dagger
to take my life.
To the top we went together
communicated the two,
there were my faints,
when you said goodbye to me.
Author: Anonymous
Every day I spend
like heron in the lagoon,
with the neck stretched out
without any hope.
Author: Anonymous
Ran the toad a race
with an old turtle:
they punished a block and a half,
the toad won by the ear.
They ran it again,
redoubling the stop:
reaching the block and a half,
the toad hit a roll.
Author: Belén Manrique
Be careful friends
What I have come to tell you
From the municipality of Andes
Today I come to talk to you
Today I come to talk to you
From the municipality of Andes
This beloved town
This friendly town
This friendly town
Is well represented
On the shield, the flag
And his hymn well sung
And his hymn well sung
Very original song
A cute little flag
And his shield like no other
And his shield like no other
There they are watching it
With the crown and the cross
And the obando tree
On the right side we see
A little tree of obando
And on the left side a horn
With products spilling
There is the crown
From queen katia
A very dear lady
That in this area lived
The queen's crown
On top
Below is written
The year of foundation
And the colors tell me
The blue of rivers and skies
Plant wealth
In the green is printed
And finally
Down on a tape
First name
Of my dear city
(…)
I wish you liked it
What I told you today
From the town of Andes
The coffee town.
Author: Popular song
The cane with being the cane
it also has its pain:
if they put it in the trapiche
they break his heart.
Author: Popular song
Until the people sing them,
the verses, verses are not, and
when the people sing them
no one knows its author anymore.
At present, the verses of Colombia present the following characteristics:
1- A colloquial language is used, full of idioms and sayings. Language often expresses love for the country, the beauty of Colombian landscapes, nostalgia or the irony of certain situations.
2- The Colombian song is loaded with a high humorous, satirical and ironic content and even picaresque. In the same way, the verses are an expression of the wisdom of the peoples.
3- A couplet can be composed of one or more stanzas. In turn, the stanzas are made up of four verses each, of which the third and fourth rhyme. This rhyme can be harmonic or assonance.
4- The metric (syllabic measure) has four possible forms:
a) All verses are eight syllables (8 - 8 - 8 - 8).
b) Verses 1 and 3 are eight syllables, while verses 2 and 4 are heptasyllables (8 -7 - 8 -7).
c) Verse 1 is heptasyllable and the rest are eight syllables (7 - 8 - 8 - 8).
d) Verses 1 and 3 are heptasyllables, while verses 2 and 4 are octosyllables (7 - 8 - 7 - 8).
5 - The song is a means of expression of popular feelings. For this reason, when recited, the voice must be accompanied by a series of emotional elements that give the song a feeling..
6 - In its sung form, when it is accompanied by musical instruments, the song is called "sing".
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