| A la Sombra de Mi Madre (original) | A la Sombra de Mi Madre (translation) |
|---|---|
| Todos tienen una madre | everyone has a mother |
| Ninguno como la mia | none like mine |
| Que arde como lucecita | that burns like a light |
| Haciendome compañia | keeping me company |
| La vieran dentro mi rancho | They saw her inside my ranch |
| Sencillita como es ella | Simple as she is |
| Y sus ojitos se apagan | And her little eyes turn off |
| Como el fulgor de una estrella | Like the shine of a star |
| Yo le pido a dios rezando | I ask God praying |
| Que mi mamá no se muera | That my mom doesn't die |
| Que viva dentro mi rancho | Live inside my ranch |
| Como estampita si quiera | As a stamp if she wants |
| Yo le pido a dios rezando | I ask God praying |
| Que mi mamá no se muera | That my mom doesn't die |
| Que viva dentro mi rancho | Live inside my ranch |
| Como estampita si quiera | As a stamp even |
| (Declamado) | (Declaimed) |
| Si alguna vez madrecita | If ever mother |
| Tu te me vas para el cielo | You are going to heaven |
| Llevame madre querida | take me dear mother |
| No me dejes No me dejes | don't leave me don't leave me |
| Yoi te quiero | I love you |
| Pero su sombra me alcanza | But her shadow of her reaches me |
| Como bendicion divina | as a divine blessing |
| Es el angel de la guarda | She is the guardian angel |
| De mi vida peregrina | of my pilgrim life |
| Sombra del arbol plantado | Shadow of the planted tree |
| En el patio solo hay un eco | In the courtyard there is only one echo |
| Retoño fiel que traduce | Faithful sprout that translates |
| La voluntad de mis ruegos | The will of my pleas |
| Yo le pido a dios rezando | I ask God praying |
| Que mi mamá no se muera | That my mom doesn't die |
| Que viva dentro mi rancho | Live inside my ranch |
| Como estampita si quiera | As a stamp even |
| Yo le pido a dios rezando | I ask God praying |
| Que mi mamá no se muera | That my mom doesn't die |
| Que viva dentro mi rancho | Live inside my ranch |
| Como estampita si quiera | As a stamp even |
