El Oficio de Ser Mama

The Job of Being a Mom

El Oficio de Ser Mama

I saw her playing in front of meLa vi jugando frente a mi
With her plaid dressCon su vestido a cuadrille
When suddenly she droppedCuando dejo caer de golpe
Her diaper on my feetSu pañal sobre mis pies
The play-doh as a giftLa plastimasa de regalo
And a toy in each handY una manon en cada mano
That's how I declared myselfAsi fue como yo me declare

Hello Natalia, how are you?Hola natalia, como estas?
The time has come to talkLlego el momento de hablar
Stop picking your noseDeja de comerte los mocos
And listen to me for realY escuchame de verdad
Even though I'm in preschoolAunque yo estoy en prescolar
And you're in kindergartenY vos estes en el jardin
There's something I want to tell you todayHay algo que hoy yo te quiero decir

I want to have you by my sideQuiero tenerte junto a mi
And undress in secretY desnudarnos a escondidas
When the teacher doesn't see usCuando la seño no nos vea
I'll make love to you in the sandbox of the gardenTe hare el amor en el arenero del jardin
I'll kiss youTe besare
Like no one has kissed you beforeComo nadie te ha besado hasta aqui

Let's talk to my parentsVamos a hablar con mis papas
Let's talk to your parentsVamos a hablar con tus papas
They don't have to agreeEllos no tienen que apoyar
If we want to get marriedSi nos queremos casar
And if they say noY si nos dicen que no
I know how to handle itTotal yo se manejar
On my fast tricycleEn mi triciclo veloz
We can both escapeAmbos podemos escapar

But the problem startedPero el problema comenzo
After the test of loveDespues de la prueba de amor
She kept vomiting all the timeA cada rato vomitaba
And frequently felt dizzyY con frecuencia se mareaba
Her body began to changeSu cuerpo comenzo a cambiar
And in a few months she gained weightY en unos meses engordo
And we thought it was too much candyY pensamos que era exceso de manon

And one morning in the gardenY una mañana en el jardin
She screamed in painElla gritaba de dolor
While the teacher attended to herMientras la seño la atendia
I walked through the hallYo caminaba por el hall
Anxiously smoking, not knowingFumando inquieto sin saber
What would happen in the classroomQue pasaria en el salon
Suddenly I hear criesDe golpe escucho llantos
And the door openedY la puerta que se abrio
It's a boyEs un varon
Congratulations Juan ManuelTe felicito juan manuel
The teachers greeted meMe saludaban las maestras
And I couldn't understand anything when I rememberedY yo que nada lo podia entender cuando recorde
That morning when I loved her in the sandEsa mañana en que en la arena la ame

Let's talk to my parentsVamos a hablar con mis papas
Let's talk to your parentsVamos a hablar con tus papas
They don't have to agreeEllos no tienen que apoyar
If we want to get marriedSi nos queremos casar
And if they say noY si nos dicen que no
I know how to handle itTotal yo se manejar
On my fast tricycleEn mi triciclo veloz
We can both escapeAmbos podemos escapar

The three of us will go to another placeVamos los tres a otro lugar
To start overPara volver a empezar
I'll pass preschoolRendire libre prescolar
And I'll start workingY me pondre a trabajar
You'll take care of the babyVos cuidaras el bebe
Change his diaperLe cambiaras el pañal
And breastfeed himY le daras de mamar
And little by little you'll learnY poco a poco aprenderas
The job of being a momEl oficio de ser mama