Por Ti (Maria Grever, ASCAP 1939)

For You (Maria Grever, ASCAP 1939)

Por Ti (Maria Grever, ASCAP 1939)

For you I left my mother and left her alonePor ti abandone a mi madre y solita la deje
without even worrying if she had something to eatsin preocuparme si quiera si tenia de comer
until one night I dreamed she was deadhasta que llego una noche en que muerta la soñé

I went crazy looking for herfui como un loco a buscarla
but I couldn't find her anymorepero ya no la encontré

I knew that my poor old ladysupe que mi pobre vieja
not knowing what to do anymoresin saber ya lo que hacer
went from door to door to askiba de puerta en puerta a pedir
for something to eatde comer
in a corner of a churchen un rincón de una iglesia
dead from the cold perhapsmuerta del frío tal vez
without uttering a single complaintsin exhalar ni una queja
she spent all her old agepaso toda su vejez

with one of the neighborscon una de las vecinas
she left me a noteme dejo escrito un papel
that, blurred by tears,que borrado por llanto
could hardly be reada penas se pudo leer

my dear son it saidhijo de mi alma decía
be good to the womanse bueno con la mujer
who took you from my sideque te quito de mi lado
I have already forgiven herque yo ya la perdone

and if God gives you a childy si dio te diera un hijo
talk to him a lot about mehabla le mucho de mi
tell him not to abandon youdile que no te abandone
as you did to mecomo tu me hiciste a mi
if he has dark eyessi tiene los ojos negros
and looks like youy se parece a ti
give him the kiss that your motherdale el beso que tu madre
left before dyingle dejo antes de morir