Miña mai

My Mother

Miña mai

My mother, for me to get marriedMiña mai por me casare
She offered me a songbird,ofreceume canto tiña,
And now that I got married,e agora que me casei,
She paid me with a chicken.pagóume cunha galiña.
My mother, for me to get married,Miña mai por me casare,
She offered me a calf,ofrecéume unha becerrae,
And now that I got married,e agora que me casei,
She told me it would die.díxome que lle morrera.
My mother, for me to get married,Miña mai por me casare
She offered me three sheep,ofrecéume tres ovellas,
One lame, one crooked,unha manca, outra torta,
One blind and earless.outra cega e sin orellas.
My mother, for me to get married,Miña mai por me casare
She offered me a crazy year,ofrecéume un año tolo
And now that I got married,e agora que me casei,
She said the wolf would eat it.dixo que o comera o lobo.
My mother, for me to get married,Miña mai por me casare
My father to give me the dowry,meu pai por me dá-lo dote,
They started a quarrel,armaron unha regueifa,
The pot broke his feet.rompéronlle os pes o pote.
I have sorrow and joy,Teño pena é alegría,
I have two evils at once,teño dous males a un tempom,
When sorrow kills me,cando a pena me mata,
Joy gives me strength.a alegría dame alento.