Dia de Formatura

If he asks
If my son asks me today
Where is daddy?
Why did you never come to visit us?

If he asks
Today he graduates and becomes a doctor
Where is daddy?
I'll tell you about my love

Your father when he found out I was going to have a son
Our first
I didn't want to accept it and just wanted to kill
The first heir

I preferred to lose my husband
The man I wanted most
To have you
That I already carried and didn't know

If he asks
Today I am willing to speak the truth
Your father didn't die
Walk around in the same city

If he asks
Why do I still humiliate myself to this day?
He will know
What man who is a man, does not kill his son?

I went to fight
I was a washerwoman, I faced life
But I won the war
Because in this land, nothing intimidates me

But it was worth it
I faced this hard life alone
To get here
And now watch this graduation

If he asks
Maybe I won't even tell you anything
Start crying
For what I've been through on this long road

If you ask me
Why do you cry so much, mommy tell me?
I will explain to you
That I have never been so happy until today