In the Shadow of My Mom

A La Sombra de Mi Mamá

Everyone has a motherTodos tienen una madre
None like mineNinguna como la mía
Burning like a little lightQue arde como lucecita
Keeping me companyHaciéndome compañía

You should see her in my homeLa vieran dentro mi rancho
So simple just like she isSencillita como es ella
And her little eyes dimY sus ojitos se apagan
Like the glow of a starComo el fulgor de una estrella

I pray to God askingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn’t dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives in my homeQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little holy card at leastComo estampita siquiera

I pray to God askingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn’t dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives in my homeQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little holy card at leastComo estampita siquiera

If one day, dear motherSi alguna vez, madrecita
You go up to heavenTú te me vas para el cielo
Take me with you, beloved momLlevame, madre querida
Don’t leave me, don’t leave meNo me dejes, no me dejes
I love youYo te quiero

But her shadow reaches mePero su sombra me alcanza
Like a divine blessingComo bendición divina
She’s the guardian angelEs el ángel de la guarda
Of my wandering lifeDe mi vida peregrina

Shadow of the tree plantedSombra del árbol plantado
In the sunny yardEn el patio solariego
A faithful sprout that translatesRetoño fiel que traduce
The will of my pleasLa voluntad de mis ruegos

I pray to God askingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn’t dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives in my homeQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little holy card at leastComo estampita siquiera

I pray to God askingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn’t dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives in my homeQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little holy card at leastComo estampita siquiera