Mi Madre Querida

My Beloved Mother

Mi Madre Querida

Poor my beloved mother¡Pobre mi madre querida
How many sorrows I caused her!Cuantos disgustos le daba!
Poor my beloved mother¡Pobre mi madre querida
How many sorrows I caused her!Cuantos disgustos le daba!
How many times, hidden¡Cuántas veces, escondida
Crying most sincerelyLlorando lo más sentida
I found her in a corner!En un rincón la encontraba!
How many times, hidden¡Cuántas veces, escondida
Crying most sincerelyLlorando lo más sentida
I found her in a corner!En un rincón la encontraba!

And myself, upon seeing herY yo mismo al contemplarla
I couldn't hold back the tearsEl llanto no reprimía
And myself, upon seeing herY yo mismo al contemplarla
I couldn't hold back the tearsEl llanto no reprimía
Then I would come to comfort herLuego venía a conformarla
With a kiss when embracing herCon un beso al abrazarla
When asking for forgivenessCuando el perdón le pedía
Then I would come to comfort herLuego venía a conformarla
With a kiss when embracing herCon un beso al abrazarla
When asking for forgivenessCuando el perdón le pedía

If the mother in this worldSi es la madre en este mundo
Is the only one who forgives usLa única que nos perdona
If the mother in this worldSi es la madre en este mundo
Is the only one who forgives usLa única que nos perdona
The only one who, without a second thoughtLa única que sin segundo
And in her deep heartY en su corazón profundo
Knows how to love and never abandonsSabe amar y no abandona
The only one who, without a second thoughtLa única que sin segundo
And in her deep heartY en su corazón profundo
Knows how to love and never abandonsSabe amar y no abandona

How we mistreat the loveQue maltratamos el amor
Of our beloved motherDe nuestra madre querida
How we mistreat the loveQue maltratamos el amor
Of our beloved motherDe nuestra madre querida
How we mistreat the loveQue maltratamos el amor
Of our beloved motherDe nuestra madre querida

She never holds a grudgeNunca nos guarda rencor
She knows how to suffer with painSabe sufrir con dolor
And give her life for her childY dar por su hijo la vida
She never holds a grudgeNunca nos guarda rencor
She knows how to suffer with painSabe sufrir con dolor
And give her life for her childY dar por su hijo la vida

Mother, mother forgive meMadre, madre perdoname
I never imagined such sorrowNunca creí tanta pena
Mother, mother forgive meMadre, madre perdoname
I never imagined such sorrowNunca creí tanta pena
Confiding in you, this captiveEste cautivo confiarme
I come to prostrate myself at your feetVengo a tus plantas postrarme
And the past poisons meY el pasado me envenena