Learn more Spanish words with this lovely poem (an extract) by Rosalia de Castro:
Yo tuve una dulce madre
I had a sweet mother
concedieramela el cielo
whom heaven gave to me
mas tierna que la ternura
softer than softness
mas angel que mi angel bueno
greater angel than my guardian angel
en su regazo amoroso
in her loving lap
sonaba - sueno quimerico
I dreamed a fleeting dream
dejar esta ingrata vida
to leave this miserable life
al blando son de sus rezon
listening to the soft murmur of her prayers
mas la dulce madre mia
and my sweet mother
sintio el corazon enfermo
felt the broken heart
que de ternura y dolores
which with sweetness and pain
ay! derritiose en su pecho
melted in her breast.
pronto las tristes campanas
and soon the sad bells
dieron al viento sus echos
sent their echos into the wind
muriose la madre mia
my mother died
senti rasgarse mi seno
and I felt my breast torn apart
la virgen de las Mercedes
the virgin de las Mercedes
estaba junto a mi lecho
was close by my bed
tengo otra madre el lo alto
I have another mother Above
por eso yo no me he muerto
therefore I didn't die.
Feliz Dia de la Madre! Happy Mother's Day!
