MADRE

I keep a small, faded photo over the years
I keep it and it always goes with me, it accompanies me night and day
It's the only memory I still have
Of that woman who, even though I was a child, only left me in life

Through her I know that her skin was so white, as white as the moon
That shines and glows on a dark night

Mother, Mother, you are the star that guides my steps
And in your memory I want to live
Mother, mother, you are my light, my comfort, my breath
The feeling that makes me happy

Mother, mother, today from my heart has been born
This song for you

Anyone who doesn't have a mother now knows what I feel
That anguish, that empty pain, that bitter suffering
She who gave us life with her most sincere and tender love
How many nights she spent awake when we were sick!

What a great truth it is that her absence cannot be filled
Nothing in this world, no love compares to hers