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Icaro del Perfume 

a unique collection of shamanic songs recorded live in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest and during traditional ayahuasca ceremonies

What follows here is one of the versions of the wonderful icaro del perfume (downloadable as mp3 from the link Icaros) as sang in Quechua by don Ruperto Peña Shuña. Don Ruperto (who does not know how to read or write) was prone to change the version of his icaro...nearly each time he sang it...Though this is a pattern typical of the transmission of oral traditions, this did not quite make things easy for us when we came to do the transcripts! Luckily, with the help of don Ruperto's son, a Quechua literate, a lot of patience, and some hard work, we managed to write the text of one of the versions of this magical song. The transcript below does not correspond entirely with the version presented on our icaros CD though it is almost undistinguishable, in essence, style, words and, above all, in spirit! 

Another almost identical version, very much similar to the icaro del perfume y del cigarro, the icaro del perfume y del mapacho, we are hoping to include soon - together with other icaros - in a future production dedicated to the preservation of the ethno-musical shamanic traditions of the Peruvian Amazon. 

TRANSCRIPT, text and images Copyright © El Mundo Magico  2000-2008 

Icaro del perfume y del cigarro

by don Ruperto Peňa Shuňa

Shamuirimun paicunaca perfumero runasitu-taca

Sinchi sinchi medicuini runasito tacarai

Maimandata shamuirimun suenarimun icaruinicarai

Vueltacumun paicunaca icaruinicarai

Sinchi sinchi icarituiní-ni medicuini icarui-ní

 

Maimandata shamuirimun shamuirimun 

Suenarimun icaruini

Vueltacumun paicunaca perfumero runaisitii

 

 

Tabusito perfumito perfumero icaruinicarai

Pomosito yucumanda pucurimu paicunacaa

Suenarimun icaruinicarai

Vueltacumu paicunaca

Tabusito perfumito

Pomosito shimisitoimanda apimushcara

Callocitoi puntamanda

Huá-yurimun huá-yurimu-nirai

Ambirimun cuerpoimanda

Cushi cushi cuerpoitaca

Yuyacumun ni ra ra-rai

Icaruinicararairiri

 

 

Shamuirimun paicunaca

Yúra yúra pichainitai-ni

Perfumero pichanaini-carai

Pichánaco cuerpoimanda

Runasitu tacarara

Tucuilaya maílcunata cara-ra-ri

Saladera cunata-nai

Surcurimun huishchurimu

 

 

Altosumi mirayto

Mediquito mirayaini-carai

Perfumero mirayaini

Shamuirimun paicunaca

Cuidacumon cuerpoimanda

 

 

Yurapuyo ucumanda

Suenarimu icaruinicarai

Vueltacumon icarai

Perfumero icaruinicarai

Cuscachamon cuorpoimanda

Runasitu tacarai

Quillopuyo ucumanda

Suenarimun icaruinicarai

 

 

Vueltacumun icaruinicarai

Perfumero runasito

Cuscachamon cuorpoimanda

Runasitu tacarai

 

 

Perfumera huarmisita-taca

Mediquita huarmisita

Shamuirimun paicunaca

Cuidacumun cuorpoimanda

 

Sinchi sinchi icarii

Talco talco polvositoiní-ni

Perfumero cigaruini

Perfumero cigaruini-carai

Pucurimun paicunaca

Cushni cushni cigarrito

Pucurimun cuerpoimanda

Amvirimun paicunaca

 

Gustutaca yuyacumun icaruinicarai

Sinchi sinchi icarituini-ni

Perfumero icaruini

 

 

 

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