La casita está triste

The Little House is Sad

La casita está triste

The kids don't play, the house is sad,Los chicos no juegan, la casa está triste,
people walk on tiptoes.la gente camina en puntas de pie.
Her soul persists in everything,El alma de ella en todo subsiste,
the very good soul of the one who left.el alma tan buena de la que se fue.
Stealthy sobs, sighs, and complaintsSollozos furtivos, suspiros y quejas
are heard very softly like a slight rumorse oyen muy suaves cual leve rumor
from those who have stayed. The old women bow downde los que han quedado. Se postran las viejas
and raise prayers to Our Lord.y elevan plegarias a Nuestro Señor.

A man murmurs: 'How bad life is!Un hombre murmura: "¡Qué mala es la vida!
So good, so beautiful, loved by all,¡Tan buena, tan bella, por todos querida,
to leave her home plunged into sadness!'.dejar en tristezas sumido a su hogar!".
People miss her - she was so good! -La gente la extraña -¡si era tan buena!-,
she talked to everyone, she gave herself to everyone;con todos charlaba, con todos se dio;
that's why in her death she looks so serene,por eso en su muerte se ve tan serena,
is it because her little soul flew to heaven?¿será que su almita al cielo voló?

Dawn breaks and the breezes sway,Despunta la aurora y mecen las brisas,
the plants, the flowers she cared for so much,las plantas, las flores que tanto cuidó,
long for her watering, her sweet smilesy añoran sus riegos, sus dulces sonrisas
and tender care she gave them in life.y tiernos cuidados que en vida les dio.
A little boy appears, rosy, smiling;Se asoma un nenito, rosado, sonriente;
he asks his father: 'Where's Mom?'.pregunta a su padre: "¿Mamá dónde está?".
And upon seeing the corpse, he says sadly:Y al ver el cadáver, le dice doliente:
'Daddy, I want to sleep with Mom.'."¡Papito, yo quiero dormir con mamá!".