Madre

Oh my mother, oh my mother
Oh my mother, oh my mother
My dear

Oh my mother, I remember
Oh my mother, your hair like waterfalls
Oh my mother, your lips colored in a bloody red

Oh my mother, your heels announced your arrival
Oh my mother, hammers were heard through the hallways

Oh my mother, let's face the facts
Oh my mother, the umbilical cord was never cut
I remember knife threats, animal fights

Oh my mother, oh my mother
I didn't know what to do
In the face of your extraordinary values

Oh my mother, I have inherited your abyss
Oh my mother, I forgive you
You were more than enough
Oh my mother, oh my mother
Oh my mother, my dear

Oh my mother
There are no words left to say
I learned your language
But I still refuse to speak it
It hurts in my soul
It hurts everything about me
Distance was my only option, my only option
I feel myself turning into you

Oh my mother, what irony
Oh my mother, what joy
I have inherited your immense abysses
The umbilical cord was never cut
Until I did it
Oh my mother, celestial
You are forever, forever
Oh my mother
My beginning and my end