Memorial de Tus Dias Mamá

Memorial of Your Days Mom

Memorial de Tus Dias Mamá

You had the habitTenias la costumbre
Of walking through the pathsDe andar por los senderos
Singing to lifeCantandole a la vida
Your desire to loveTus ganas de querer
You lit up the dawnEncendias el alb
With a taste of mateCon un sabor a mate
And laid down starsY acostabas estrellas
In the eveningEn el anochecer

What strange enchantmentQue extraña hechiceria
Of enchanted elvesDe duendes encantados
They ran through your handsCorrian por tus manos
I will never let them knowNunca lo hare saber
You played in your daysJugabas en tus dias
That you were the owner of everythingQue eras dueña de todo
Fairy, worker, and monthlyHada, peona y mensuala
For every taskPara todo quehacer

I still see youTodavia te veo
With the man by your sideCon el hombre a tu lado
Because he was a piece of youPorque era un trozo tuyo
Or you were a piece of himO eras un trozo de él
And in that complementY en ese complemento
Man, furrow, and seedHombre, surco y semilla
You were always the earthSiempre fuiste la tierra
Teaching how to be bornEnseñando a nacer

Later you became a treeDespues fuistes un árbol
Giving sap to its branchesDando sabia a sus gajos
Each branch was a screamCada gajo fue un grito
That your womb shoutedQue tu vientre gritó
Five branches seekingCinco gajos que buscan
The altar of your foreheadEl altar de tu frente
To pray in silencePa' rezar en silencio
One of those is meUno de esos soy yo
They are your children seeking momSon tus hijos que buscan mamá
The altar of your forehead momEl altar de tu frente mamá
To pray in silence momPa' rezar en silencio mamá
One of those is meUno de esos soy yo