Corazón de Luto
Sérgio Reis
Heart of Mourning
The biggest blow to the world
What I had in my life
Were the nine years when
I lost my dear mother
She was burned in the fire
The sad and painful death
Made my mom
Say a farewell goodbye
I was coming from school
When I saw from afar
The ranch we lived in
Full of people gathered
Before someone told me
At first I thought
That case was death
I loved Mama
Followed a ox cart
That black coffin
Beside it was crying
The sad separation
Upon reaching the holy land
The biggest exclamation mark
And it stopped with the cold earth
My mother's heart
From there I went to cry
In the hands of strangers I was taken
But it wasn't until two months
In the world where she was thrown
With the death of my mother
I was disoriented
At just nine years old
Thrown into this world
Starved, chilled
By this lost world
When my mother was alive
I told her dear son
Do not steal, do not kill
Do not harm without being harmed
Rest in peace, my mother
I will fulfill your request
What remains in my mind
My mom is her great
Get a prayer
This child is your fruits
That in the chest brings
Your hidden feelings
Since I was nine years old
My heart is in mourning