La Carta

The Letter

La Carta

That letterAquella carta
That your hand tore apartQue rompió tu mano
For the solePor el solo
Crime of being mineDelito de ser mía
She picked it up laterLa recogió después
In piecesEcha pedazos
A poor womanUna pobre mujer
My motherLa madre mía

That letterAquella carta
That your hand tore apartQue rompió tu mano
For the solePor el solo
Crime of being mineDelito de ser mía
She picked it up laterLa recogió después
In piecesEcha pedazos
A poor womanUna pobre mujer
My motherLa madre mía

Because the poor old woman picked it upPorque la recogió la pobre anciana
With an august faceDe faz augusta
And a gray headY de cabeza cana
For a gesturePor un gesto
Of light and quarrelDe luz y de querella
That's why my motherEs que mi madre
In her sorrow knewEn su dolor sabía
That the piecesQue los pedazos
Of that letterDe la carta aquello
Were pieces, ohEran pedazos, ay
Of my soulDel alma mía

Because the poor old woman picked it upPorque la recogió la pobre anciana
With an august faceDe faz augusta
And a gray headY de cabeza cana
For a gesturePor un gesto
Of light and quarrelDe luz y de querella
That's why my motherEs que mi madre
In her sorrow knewEn su dolor sabía
That the piecesQue los pedazos
Of that letterDe la carta aquello
Were pieces, ohEran pedazos, ay
Of my soulDel alma mía