Feliz cumpleaños mama

Very far away through mountains and ravines
wetting a prayer with my tears
trembling at the joy of finding her
I have returned to the warm ranch
the voices of a memory surrounded me
speaking to me in dreams of her days
the fever of a longing stuck to me
to kiss her and bless her.

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Happy birthday mom
so good and so simple
perfume of a hundred liras
I bring in my emotion
may she live many years
may she be very happy
may only roses rain
upon her good love
Happy birthday mom
suffering and tiny
a song to lift water
that is her heart.

Far away the highlander of my life
has given me a little girl who waits for her
I saw her at night on her knees
praying for her grandmother
how beautiful the table she has set
and the fine little white linen
the old basket with the lilies
her gray hair and her hands.

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