This one is dedicated to all the beautiful mothers, Happy Mother's Day! (Thank you, Mom!)
Madre Hermosa (Copla)
Juanito Valderrama
Ay, mi mare!,
como un rayito de luna
regüerto con azahares.
Mare hermosa,
vieja de pena por dentro,
por fuera como una rosa.
Mare buena,
con los ojitos de novia
y la cara de azucena.
¡Qué alegría cuando
le digo a la gente:
qué guapa la mare mía!
Desde chiquito yo te lloraba
y hablando siempre con los luceros,
en mis suspiros yo te rezaba.
¡Ay, maresita, cuánto te quiero!
Entre mis sueños yo le decía:
mare del arma, dime quién eres .
¡Ya está a mi vera la mare mía,
la más bonita de las mujeres!
Beautiful Mother
Oh, my mother!
like a ray of moonlight
surrounded by orange blossoms.
Beautiful mother,
old from sorrows kept inside,
on the outside like a rose.
Good mother,
with the eyes of a bride
and the face of a lily.
How happy I feel
when I say to people,
How beautiful my mother is!
From the time I was little I cried to you,
always talking to the stars,
in my whispers I prayed to you.
Oh, Mommy, how I love you!
In my dreams I would tell you,
Mother of my soul, tell me who you are.
Now she is by my side my mother,
the most beautiful of all the women!
This poetry of this song doesn’t come through in my translation. I’d love to hear any suggestions you have to make it better in the comments below.
