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from a poem, a song lyric actually:
A vos te hai pesar
What is the word hai? it occurred to me that it might be a spelling of hay, but I can't translate it.
Thanks

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updated Apr 1, 2009
posted by The-Steve

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That sounds like from Chile to me. They have a lot of these kind of slang words.
My guess is that "hai" means "ha de"
Then I think it is:
"recién te ha de pesar".
and the other:
"y a vos te ha de pesar"

updated Feb 9, 2011
posted by 00e657d4
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I remember this one , Stevesmile

My guess was right. Nice job on the other part , buena traducción, si Guillermo lo dice, es garantía wink

updated Apr 1, 2009
posted by 00494d19
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it's a song of Atahualpa Yupanqui (Argentinian), but it isn't one of his. It's an anonymous cancion andina. Not sure of the country of origin.

updated Mar 5, 2009
posted by The-Steve
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The whole poem or song sounds Argentinian to me. Possibly Colombian? Not from Spain. We do not use recién or vos.

updated Mar 5, 2009
posted by 00494d19
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I'm wondering if it could be a regional thing because the word is repeated numerous times and is in more than one song, I also got hits when I googled it, but none that told me the meaning. but I think you're right about the meaning. Here's a stanza:

Cuando me vaya y no vuelva,
recién te hai pesar.
Recién entonces, ingrata,
comprenderás lo perdido,
y a vos te hai pesar.

updated Mar 5, 2009
posted by The-Steve
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HI Steve, I think this might be:

a vos te ha de pesar =you will be sorry for this

updated Mar 5, 2009
posted by 00494d19