When I first started learning Spanish, this gentleman, Juan Gabriel, was one of the first people I started listenting to. I had been told to listen to Spanish music in my quest to learn the language and that is what I did. Here, I have translated the words into English so that you can follow along. This is a wonderful song honoring his mother. I know that you will think about your own mother as you listen to him.
(He's just saying that this song is more of a prayer and that he's dedicating it to all of the mothers that have come to see him tonight.)
"You are the sadness in my eyes that cry in silence for you love. I look in the mirror and I see in my face the time I've suffered because of your goodbye. I force my thoughts to forget you because I'm always thinking of yesterday. I'd rather be sleeping than awake because of how much it hurts that you are not here.
How I wish, that you lived, that your little eyes never had closed and to be looking at them.
Eternal love and unforgettable. Sooner or later I will be with you to continue loving each other.
I have suffered so much due to your absence. Since that day up to today, I'm not happy. And even though I have a very clear conscious, I know that I could and I know that I could have done more for you.
Dark loneliness I am living, the same loneliness of your grave, mom. It is that you are, it is that you are the love of which I have the saddest memory of Acapulco. But as I wish, ay*, that you lived, that your little eyes never had closed and to be looking at them. Eternal love and unforgettable; Sooner or later I will be with you to continue loving each other
Eternal love, eternal. Eternal love, eternal. Eyes that have shed so many tears for sorrows. Of pain. Of love, of so many goodbyes and waiting. Loneliness, that's all I have now; and your memories. That makes the anguish of living, thinking of you as always sadder. Eyes that saw you so much and have not seen you again until today's sun. Sad from missing you so much and from waiting for you since that goodbye. Loneliness. That's all I have now. That's all I have now - and your memories. Which makes the anguish of living, thinking like always and forever and ever of you. Eternal love. Eternal. Eternal love. Eternal love. "
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