La Cuna Vacía
Las Carlotas
The Empty Cradle
I bring mother the open wounds
for what I just heard.
Two neighbors at the house door,
I think they were talking about me,
I think they were talking about me,
I need an answer from you,
with doubt I can't live.
They gossiped like harpies,
that my father found me
when I was just a few days old
they said that you were not my mother and that I was adopted
Tell me it's a lie, mother,
I can't deny it to you,
but to those tongues that talk
that I love you more than if you carried my blood
They knocked on the door three times,
that cold dawn.
And your father who is always alert
asked strangely who is there,
asked strangely who is there
and a deadly silence as an answer
until you started crying
And in the empty cradle
waiting for the arrival
of that child that was not born to me,
while I sang you a lullaby
you fell asleep.
Tell me who my parents are,
you're not going to tell me,
please don't feel guilty,
because I love you more than if I carried your blood.
Talk to me as a mother and friend
don't hide the truth from me.
I need you, mom, to tell me,
who could have left me at the doorstep
who could have left me at the doorstep,
and why does God never punish
those who act with such evil.
I know nothing about that poor creature
if it deserves punishment or not
but I know that life is very hard
God knows for what serious reasons
he embarked on this madness.
Tell me everything, mother,
what else can I tell you
it's useless to look for those responsible
because I love you more than if you carried my blood.
It was a gift fallen from the sky
your arrival at our home.
You can't imagine, girl, the commotion
you caused in the neighborhood
you caused in the neighborhood
since then you have been the comfort
and the haven of my loneliness.
Tell me if she has come to look for me
if she is repentant
what reason pushed her to abandon me
what problems the poor woman had
what she gained by leaving me
What else could I tell you
it hurts me to see you cry
because you are my only mother
and I love you more than if you carried my blood.
