Adoro A Mi Madre

I Adore My Mother

Adoro A Mi Madre

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because she likes to singporque le gusta cantar
because she eats cherriesporque come cerezas
and loves sequins.y ama las lentejuelas.

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because she dresses in blueporque se viste de azul
because she flies away at timesporque se vuela de a ratos
to intense times.a épocas intensas.

Because she chased away fear with her handsPorque ahuyentaba el miedo con sus manos
and opened suitcases full of giftsy abría valijas llenas de regalos
and didn't turn off the light until she saw me arrive,y no apagaba la luz hasta verme llegar,
until she saw me arrive.hasta verme llegar.

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because she lets me be meporque me deja ser yo
because she comes back to lifeporque vuelve a la vida
after so many wars.después de tantas guerras.

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because in an act of loveporque en un acto de amor
she set me walking in the ranksme puso a andar en las filas
of a better world.de un mundo mejor.

And because she is beautiful from head to toeY porque es linda de pies a cabeza
and taught me the value of beauty,y me enseñó el valor de la belleza,
taught me the realityme enseñó la realidad
of crying for love, of crying for love.de llorar por amor, de llorar por amor.

Mother, if you let me go I fallMadre, si me soltás me caigo
they say that what they call heavendicen que eso que llaman el cielo
looks like your eyes.se parece a tus ojos.

Mother, I don't want to be afraidMadre, no quiero tener miedo
there is so much to see,hay tanto para ver,
to walk, to do in the world.para andar, para hacer en el mundo.

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because she bursts with lightporque revienta de luz
and spreads passionsy desparrama pasiones
over those gray streets.sobre esas calles grises.

I adore my motherAdoro a mi madre
because she recycles painporque recicla el dolor
because she renews strengthporque renueva las fuerzas
from those scars.desde esas cicatrices.

And because she had the world in her handsY porque tuvo el mundo entre sus manos
and was suspended in a few yearsy quedó suspendida en unos años
but tries to be rebornpero intenta renacer
every time the sun rises.cada vez que sale el sol.

Mother if you let me go I fallMadre si me soltás me caigo
they say that what they call heavendicen que eso que llaman el cielo
looks like your eyes.se parece a tus ojos.

Mother I don't want to be afraidMadre no quiero tener miedo
there is so much to see,hay tanto para ver,
to walk, to do in the worldpara andar, para hacer en el mundo