Ok, the song is a chacarera, you can find out more about this type of
music here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacarera
The name Pampa does not only apply to the great plains of central and
coastal Argentina, but to any flat piece of land (such as can be found
in many Andean and Northern or Western provinces). Guanacos are a type
of wild mammal, closely related to the camel (they are camelids), and
related to the llama and alpaca, which were domesticated by the Incas
and other South American natives.
The song is indeed a love song, a tragic one at that, The origin of the
lyrics are based on a tragic love affair, in which the man and woman
were deeply in love, and it lasted for quite some time until she had to
travel to Buenos Aires (1000 km from Santiago del Estero) where, she
missed her lover so badly that she died burnt in a fire, that some say
was suicide and others accidental.
The Pampa de los Guanacos, as mentioned in the song is a town in the
province of Santiago del Estero, in northern Argentina.
Hope that this answers your questions.
Good luck and thank you for taking an interest in my country.
Saludos! y buena suerte
Austin
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