Charles Aznavour
La mamá (Adiòs a la mama) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1965
- Genre
- French Pop, Ballad
- Length
- 3:47
Ya están aquí
They're already here
Llegaron ya
They've arrived
A la llamada del amor
At the call of love
Está muriendo la mamá
Mama is dying
Todos al fin
Everyone at last
Llegaron ya
They've arrived
De todas partes del país
From all parts of the country
Desde el mayor
From the oldest
Hasta el menor
To the youngest
Todos en torno a la mamá
Everyone around mama
Y hasta los niños al jugar
And even the children at play
En un extremo del salón
In a corner of the room
Se esfuerzan para no gritar
Strive to keep from shouting
Es una última atención
It's a final attention
A la mamá
To the mama
Todos se turnan
Everyone takes turns
En cuidarla
In caring for her
En atenderla y abrazarla
In tending to her and hugging her
Está muriendo la mamá
Mama is dying
Santa María, madre de Dios
Holy Mary, mother of God
Nuestra Señora del Dolor
Our Lady of Pain
Todos te rezan con fervor
Everyone prays to you with fervor
Y entonan el Ave María
And sings the Hail Mary
Ave María
Hail Mary
Tanto recuerdo
So many memories
Y tanto amor
And so much love
Alrededor
All around
De la mamá
Of the mama
Tanto suspiro
So many sighs
Tanto dolor
So much pain
Alrededor de la mamá
Around the mother
Vuelve a formarse la reunión
The gathering forms again
Y así por la postrera vez
And thus for the last time
Está muriendo la mamá
The mother is dying
Y como un rito en la ocasión
And like a ritual on this occasion
Se pasan una y otra vez
They pass it again and again
El jarro con sabor a pez
The cup with a taste of fish
Que beben con moderación
That they drink with moderation
Es raro pero no hay tristeza
It's strange but there's no sadness
Hay una gran resignación
There is a deep resignation
Y mientras un hermano reza
And while one brother prays
El otro canta una canción a la mamá
The other sings a song to the mother
Y las mujeres se han reunido
And the women have gathered
En torno a la hermana mayor
Around the eldest sister
Está muriendo la mamá
The mother is dying
Un cirio medio consumido
A candle half consumed
Ante la imagen del Señor
Before the image of the Lord
Con un rosario renegrido
With a tarnished rosary
Repitan todos la oración
Everyone repeat the prayer
Ave María
Hail Mary
Tanto recuerdo
So much I remember
Y tanto amor
And so much love
Alrededor de la mamá
All around mom
Tanto suspiro
So many sighs
Tanto dolor
So much pain
Alrededor de la mamá
All around mom
Que jamás
That never
Jamás
Never
Jamás
Never
Jamás nos dejará!
Never will leave us!
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Key vocabulary
- ya
- alreadyC2
- ocasión
- occasion
- pasan
- pass
- las
- tiredC1
- con
- idiotB2
- mayor
- greater
- hasta
- until
- menor
- minor
- torno
- around
- niños
- children
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About this song
Charles Aznavour was a French-Armenian singer and actor whose music blended French chanson with Eastern European folk, American jazz, tango, and Middle Eastern influences. He was known for a long-running career marked by thousands of recordings and his songwriting, composing or co-composing over a thousand songs for himself and other artists.