El Huérfano

The Orphan

El Huérfano

All those present pay full attentionTodos los que estén presentes pongan toda su atención
My mother when she was alive gave me many pieces of advice,Mi madre cuando vivía me daba muchos consejos,
With affection she told me, don't treat me with disdainCon cariño me decía, no me hagas tantos desprecios

I remember she used to say, when I went out for a walkRecuerdo que me decía, cuando me salía a pasear
Don't take too long, my dear sonNo te vayas a tardar, hijo de la vida mía
The day will come when you will remember meQue se ha de llegar el día, que de mí te has de acordar

Poor thing, my mother, how pitifully she diedPobrecita de mi madre, con que lastima murió
She fell asleep in the deepest sleepDormidita se quedo, en el sueño más profundo,
But unfortunate me, I was left alone in the worldPero desgraciado yo, me quede solo en el mundo

To cry my loneliness at the foot of her graveA llorar mi soledad, al pie de su sepultura
Oh my God have mercy, look at my sad bitternessOh dios mío ten piedad, mira mí triste amargura

When I got drunk, my mother would come looking for meCuando yo me emborrachaba, mi madre me iba a buscar
Wherever she found me, she would start cryingDonde quiera que me hallara, ella se ponía a llorar
And if something happened to me, she would come to console meY si algo me pasaba, ella me iba a consolar

From the sky fell a flower, which I plucked in the windDel cielo cayo una flor, que en el viento deshoje
For all my friends, I sang 'the orphan'Para todos mis amigos, “el huérfano” les cante