Ah! Filho Meu Pequenino

Ah! My little son

Ah my little son
I have heard you cry
Behold, at the doors I call you, let me in
I know sometimes you feel cold
Let me warm you up
Let me also quench your thirst
Let me take in me
The anxieties of your fear
And all the bitterness of your pain

(Chorus)
My hands bear wounds so deep
That so much bitterness I could shelter
From all the pain of shame and sin
I was crowned to save you

Ah, my son, you did not know
I came because of you
The pains you have, I had them before in me
If today the world affronts you
It affronted me before
I endured everything silently until the end
But my silence still echoes
And speaks to the heart
Of those who need and seek consolation