A La Sombra de Mi Madre

In the Shadow of My Mother

A La Sombra de Mi Madre

Everyone has a motherTodos tienen una madre
None like mineNinguno como la mia
Who burns like a little lightQue arde como lucecita
Keeping me companyHaciendome compañia

They would see her inside my ranchLa vieran dentro mi rancho
Simple as 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 ask God prayingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn't dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives inside my ranchQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little picture at leastComo estampita si quiera

I ask God prayingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn't dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives inside my ranchQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little picture at leastComo estampita si quiera

(If one day, dear mother)(Si alguna vez madrecita)
(You go to heaven)(Tú te me vas para el cielo)
(Take me, beloved mother)(Llevame madre querida)
(Do not leave me, for I love you)(No me dejes que te quiero)

But her shadow reaches mePero su sombra me alcanza
Like a divine blessingComo bendición divina
She is 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 yard, there's only an echoEn el patio solo hay un eco
Faithful offspring that translatesRetoño fiel que traduce
The will of my pleasLa voluntad de mis ruegos

I ask God prayingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn't dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives inside my ranchQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little picture at leastComo estampita si quiera

I ask God prayingYo le pido a Dios rezando
That my mom doesn't dieQue mi mamá no se muera
That she lives inside my ranchQue viva dentro mi rancho
Like a little picture at leastComo estampita si quiera