"El Condor Pasa" is a typical Inca dance, based on authentic Incan folk melodies. Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The English Lyrics are by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
The Andean Condor is the world's largest bird of prey that lives in the mountains, The adult height of this enormous bird is four feet, and it has a wing span of 10 feet. It usually weighs between 20 to 25 pounds. The Andean Condor’s cousin is the California Condor.
A folk lyrics version from the Quechua, the official language of the Inca Empire:
Oh mighty Condor owner of the skies
take me home, up into the Andes, Oh mighty Condor.
I want go back to my native place to be
with my Inca brothers,
that is what I miss the most, Oh mighty Condor.
Wait for me in Cuzco, in the main plaza,
so we can take a walk in Machu Picchu and Huayna-Picchu
