More songs by Tanxugueiras
More songs by Valeria Castro
Description
The song sounds like a prayer sung alone. There is no hysteria in it, but there is a persistent whisper that memory is the only form of immortality. Like a candle that descendants promise to light when the body is gone, and the voice remains an echo in the chest.
The repeated “solita estoy yo” rocks like a spell - and it seems scary because of the emptiness, but at the same time calm: everything has already been done, everything is already enough. The soul asks not for pity, but only for attention - to its trace, to its light.
It turns out to be not even about death, but about a gentle way to come to terms with the inevitable. As if someone had left instructions in advance: please don't forget to light a candle and think good thoughts. Everything else is no longer important.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Si algún día se queda la pena en el pecho
Tiene que ser suficiente con lo que ya he hecho
Tiene que dar con lo que hay en el fondo del alma
Que es la que hoy, mañana y siempre mantiene la calma
Se algún día sintes esa pena no peito
Lembra que xa é dabondo todo o que está feito
Ten que dar co que medra no fondo da alma
É a que hoxe, mañá e sempre ten a calma
No está aquí mamá
No está, no está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá
Solita estoy yo
Solita estoy yo
Solita estoy yo
No está aquí mamá
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá (solita estoy yo)
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá
Solita estoy yo
Solita estoy yo (solita estoy yo)
Solita estoy yo
No está aquí mamá
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá (canto no eco)
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá (no eco canta)
Solita estoy yo
Solita estoy yo (canto no eco)
Solita estoy yo
No está aquí mamá (o que me falta)
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá (canto no eco)
No está aquí, no, no
No está aquí mamá (no eco canta)
Solita estoy yo
Solita estoy yo (canto no eco)
Solita estoy yo
No está aquí mamá (no eco canta)
No está aquí, no, no
Para cuando ya no esté
Para cuando ya no esté
Para cuando ya no esté
Pónganme una vela siempre
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Para cuando ya no esté
Pónganme una vela siempre
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Para cuando ya no esté
Pónganme una vela siempre
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Para cuando ya no esté
Pónganme una vela siempre
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Ocúpate de que no olviden
Que me tengan en la mente
Se algún día sintes esa pena no peito
Lembra que xa é dabondo todo o que está feito
Ten que dar co que medra no fondo da alma
É a que hoxe, mañá e sempre ten a calma
English translation
If one day the pain remains in the chest
It has to be enough with what I've already done
It has to find what is at the bottom of the soul
Which is the one that today, tomorrow and always remains calm
If one day you feel that pain, I don't think
Lembra that everything is bad or that it is ugly
You have to realize that the bottom of the soul grows
So wait, tomorrow and always be calm
Mom is not here
It's not here, it's not here, no, no
Mom is not here
I am alone
I am alone
I am alone
Mom is not here
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here (I am alone)
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here
I am alone
I am alone (I am alone)
I am alone
Mom is not here
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here (sing not echo)
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here (no echo sings)
I am alone
I am alone (I sing not echo)
I am alone
Mom is not here (or what am I missing)
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here (sing not echo)
It's not here, no, no
Mom is not here (no echo sings)
I am alone
I am alone (I sing not echo)
I am alone
Mom is not here (no echo sings)
It's not here, no, no
For when I'm gone
For when I'm gone
For when I'm gone
Always put a candle for me
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
For when I'm gone
Always put a candle for me
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
For when I'm gone
Always put a candle for me
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
For when I'm gone
Always put a candle for me
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
Make sure they don't forget
Keep me in mind
If one day you feel that pain, I don't think
Lembra that everything is bad or that it is ugly
You have to realize that the bottom of the soul grows
So wait, tomorrow and always be calm