El amor de un hijo

You were asking about me, why I left home,
why I stopped sleeping on the threshold of your bed,
why there's an empty chair, a table without me,
why mom stayed behind crying for my departure.
If you were asking about me, you have the right,
forgive me for hurting your affections with loneliness,
to tie you for years to the pain of my absence,
hug me please today with all your strength.

It was so you wouldn't have to hang onto the train,
nor cross the border like an illegal,
so you wouldn't risk your heart dying
of thirst, so you wouldn't be one of those
who are left unable to pass,
I had to do it and there's a reason,
the love for a son, the love for a son.

If you were asking about me, you have the right,
forgive me for hurting your affections with loneliness,
to tie you for years to the pain of my absence,
hug me please today with all your strength.

It was so you wouldn't have to hang onto the train,
nor cross the border like an illegal,
so you wouldn't risk your heart dying
of thirst, so you wouldn't be one of those
who are left unable to pass,
I had to do it and there's a reason,
the love for a son, the love for a son.