Río Abajo Zine

I had the idez for this zine for a long time, and getting to sell at a local Zine market this summer really gave me the push to finish it. I used my reliable injket printer, but i’m not totally sure about how the color came out

Here’s the lyrics featured in the zine with the corresponding translation:

Tú no me puedes poner nombre
No me puedes apresar, mi amor es demasiado enorme
No me sujetan tus cadenas
No quepo en tus embalses ni me atrapan tus sorpresas
Y aunque quieras controlarme
Yo fluyo río abajo sin que puedas dominarme
No me encierran tus botellas
Yo regalo agua desde la cordillera
No hay minera que pueda sustraerme
No hay manera que tu regadío pueda ni robarme
La fértil abundancia, aquí yo traigo mi equipaje
Yo vengo a compartir vida en este viaje
No hay fuerza que supere mi naturaleza
Ni máquina alguna que tenga mi destreza (..).

Soy el agua, soy la vida
Soy la madre de la fuente cristalina
Soy un canto musical de claves
Soy la llave de este mundo y su brebaje
Soy la lluvia que te brinda el aguacero
El chubasco permanente de amor verdadero
Soy el volcán del cielo
La lava creciente que recorre los campos del cielo

You can’t name me
You cannot capture me, my love is too enormous
Your chains don’t hold me
i don’t fit in your reservoirs, nor am I trapped by your suprises/traps
And even when you try to control me
I flow down the river without you being able to dominate me
Your bottles don’t lock me up
I gift water all the way from the cordillera
There’s no mining that can extract me.
There’s no means for your irrigation to steal
The fertile abundance, that I carry in my luggage
I come here to share life on this journey
There is no force that surpasses my nature
Nor any machine that has my dexterity

I’m the water, I’m the life,
I’m the mother of the crystaline source/fountain
I’m the musical key song, I’m the key of this world as well as its potion/antidote
I’m the rain that brings you the downpour. The permanent heavy rain of true love
I’m the sky’s volcano. The growing lava that runs through the fields in the sky

You can read the zine below, click/tap anywhere to change pages :)