A Medianoche

At Midnight

A Medianoche

When the suburb is dozingCuando el suburbio dormita
Under the rain or on a calm nightBajo la lluvia o en noche serena
An old lady crosses like a lost soulCruza como un alma en pena
Through the sad streetsLas tristes calles una viejecita

Wandering until dawnAnda vagando hasta el alba
And in the shadows, she tends to hideY enlas sombras se suele ocultar
Poor woman, she walks without stoppingPobre mujer, camina sin cesar
Carrying all her pain on her backLlevando a cuestas todo su penar

The good folks from the low neighborhoodsLa gente buena de los barrios bajos
Those humble ones who know their storyEsos humildes que saben su historia
Say that one day her wicked granddaughterDicen que un día sunietecita
The little brat, got her on her kneesLa muy malita, de joelho gar

And since then, winter and summerY desde entonces, invierno y verano
At midnight, the old womanA media noche la vieja
Lives with her bitter complaintVive con su amarga queja
Drowned in lonelinessSumida en la soledad

And so she gets lost in the backstreetsY así se pierde por los arrabales
A pitiful human wreckHecha una piltrafa humana
Because in her tyrant lifePorque en su vida tirana
She found nothing but deceitNo halló más que falsedad

Like a painful moanComo un gemido doliente
Dressed in rags, head down and wiltedLlena de harapos, cabizbaja y mustia
She always moves silentlySiempre se leve silente
With all the weight of her dark anguishCon todo el peso de su negra angustia

And cursing her luckY maldiciendo la suerte
That left sorrows in her chestQue en su pecho congojas dejó
She cries for her end, seeing she's lostLlora su final ver que ya perdió
The sweet love that forgot herEl dulce amor que de ella se olvidó

Maybe the wicked and mean granddaughterTal vez la nieta malvada y mezquina
Today doesn’t remember her tender grandmotherHoy no se acuerde de su tierna abuela
She only knows that the poor nestSólo sabe que está dormido
Is asleep, the one she abandonedEl pobre nido que abandono