Oh María, Madre mía

Oh Mary, My Mother

Oh María, Madre mía

Maria was thinkingEstaba María pensando
Full of joy and splendorLlena de gozo y esplendor
When the angel told himCuando el ángel le decía
That she was going to conceive a sonQue iba a concebir un varón

Remembering in the stableRecordando en el establo
With the child in his armsCon el niño entre sus brazos
The words of that angelLas palabras de aquel ángel
That he kept in his heartQue guardó en su corazón

Oh Mary, my MotherOh María, Madre mía
Without blemish, virginal puritySin mancilla, pureza virginal
Christ is born from you in a wretched stableDe ti Cristo nace en mísero portal
From you God receives the flesh of mortalsDe ti Dios recibe la carne del mortal

The Mother was rememberingLa Madre iba recordando
How good she feltLo bien que ella se sentía
When she visited her cousinCuando visitó a su prima
Serving Him with joySirviéndole con su alegría

Blessed among womenBendita entre las mujeres
Isabel greeted herIsabel la saludó
And having jumped, JohnY habiendo saltado Juan
She heard it in her bosomEn su seno la escuchó

Oh Mary, my MotherOh María, Madre mía
Without blemish, virginal puritySin mancilla, pureza virginal
Christ is born from you in a wretched stableDe ti Cristo nace en mísero portal
From you God receives the flesh of mortalsDe ti Dios recibe la carne del mortal

While Maria was at homeEstando María en su casa
From time to time he rememberedDe vez en cuando recordaba
With joy and great emotionCon gozo y gran emoción
Because of how God treated herPor como Dios a ella la trataba

Silent and very patientSilenciosa y muy paciente
Looking at his sonContemplando a su hijo
Whispering to him, she saidSusurrándole le dijo
I am your servant foreverSoy tu sierva eternamente

Oh Mary, my MotherOh María, Madre mía
Without blemish, virginal puritySin mancilla, pureza virginal
Christ is born from you in a wretched stableDe ti Cristo nace en mísero portal
From you God receives the flesh of mortalsDe ti Dios recibe la carne del mortal

Feeling great confusionSintiendo gran confusión
After a long journeyDespués de un largo camino
Leaving from BethlehemSaliendo desde Belén
Towards the country of EgyptHacia el país de Egipto

He felt a strange fearSintió un extraño temor
Thinking of the innocentPensando en los inocentes
Cradles stained with bloodCunas teñidas de sangre
And the pain of so many peopleY el dolor de tanta gente

Oh Mary, my MotherOh María, Madre mía
Without blemish, virginal puritySin mancilla, pureza virginal
Christ is born from you in a wretched stableDe ti Cristo nace en mísero portal
From you God receives the flesh of mortalsDe ti Dios recibe la carne del mortal

Mary taking Jesus for a walkPaseando María a Jesús
She smiled in his armsEntre sus brazos, sonreía
Beautiful dawn with its lightBella aurora con su luz
And conceived without sinY sin pecado concebida

Today we know the legacyHoy sabemos la herencia
What this great woman left behindQue dejó esta gran Mujer
For Christ the LordPara que Cristo Señor
I was reborn within myselfEn mí, volviera a nacer

Oh Mary, my MotherOh María, Madre mía
Without blemish, virginal puritySin mancilla, pureza virginal
Christ is born from you in a wretched stableDe ti Cristo nace en mísero portal
From you God receives the flesh of mortalsDe ti Dios recibe la carne del mortal