Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Madre Hay una Sola

Madre Hay una Sola

Pagando antiguas locuras
Y ahogando mi triste queja
Volví a buscar en la vieja
Aquellas hondas ternuras
Que abandonadas dejé

Y al verme nada me dijo
Por mis torpezas pasadas
Palabras dulcificadas
De amor por el hijo
Tan solo escuché

Besos y amores
Amistades, bellas farsas
Y rosadas ilusiones
En el mundo hay a montones
Por desgracia madre hay una sola
Y aunque un dia lo olvide
Me enseñó al final la vida
Que a ese amor hay que volver

Y nadie venga a arrancarme
Del lado de quien me adora
De que quien con fe bienhechora
Se esfuerza por consolarme
De mi pasado dolor

Las tentaciones son vanas
Para burlar su cariño
Para ella soy siempre niño
Benditas sus canas
Bendito su amor

Besos y amores
Amistades, bellas farsas
Y rosadas ilusiones
En el mundo hay a montones
Por desgracia madre hay una sola
Y aunque un dia lo olvide
Me enseñó al final la vida
Que a ese amor hay que volver

Madre Hay una Sola

Paying for my past mistakes,
And drowning out my sad complaints,
I've returned to seek in my dear old mother
The deep tenderness
That I so thoughtlessly abandoned.

And on seeing me, she said nothing
About my foolish past.
Words sweetened by love for her son,
For a son's love
Were all I heard.

Kisses and love,
Friendships, beautiful deceptions,
And rosy illusions
There are many in the world.
But sadly, there is only one mother,
And even though I once forgot it,
In the end, life has taught me
That to that love we must return.

And let no one try to tear me
From the side of the one who adores me,
The one who, with a benevolent faith,
Strives to console me
For my past pain.

Temptations are vain
In an attempt to deceive her affection.
To her, I am forever a child.
Blessed be her white hair,
Blessed be her love.

Kisses and love,
Friendships, beautiful deceptions,
And rosy illusions
There are many in the world.
But sadly, there is only one mother,
And even though I once forgot it,
In the end, life has taught me
That to that love we must return.