Havanna Mamma [English translation]

Not really pleased with life

one day she wanted more

That's why she sneaked out extra early

when the boss looked away

She wanted to go far away from there

Away from the corner of terraced houses

She wanted to be reborn

She wanted to relive her dream

She had saved up for a year

Wrote a note which said:

''Goodbye, remember to feed the cat

one day you will understand.''

She left her husband and children and house

She never regretted her decision

(She just left)

On a beach in Havana

She became the mother of all the orphans

There she understood who she was

He had waited for several hours

when he finally understood

That his wife of seventeen years

had stopped serving by his table

How could she do that?

He tried to understand

Had he not given her everything

she ever pointed at?

Sure, he complained now and then

Like when the food was barely warm

He was almost always there

since the children were small

One day he would understand

She left her husband and children and house

She never regretted her decision

(She just left)

On a beach in Havana

She became the mother of all the orphans

There she understood who she was

The history started to spread

to the all the homes in the world

She turned into a hero a legend

to all the women with lazy men

Could they also do that

Just leave everything and go

Invest in themselves

see how far they could go

There were those who left

But most of them remained

Some of them changed their minds on the way

and returned after a day

But they all could understand

She left her husband and children and house

She never regretted her decision

(She just left)

On a beach in Havana

She became the mother of all the orphans

There she understood who she was