Queridos Padres [English translation]

When I left my house

I felt such a cruel anguish

There wasn't a moment

That I didn't want to come back.

I was always thinking about my father

And of my siblings too

And of my saintly mother

Who I left back home crying.

Virgin of the Roads1

Always guide me on the right path

So that I never forget

Those I've known how to love.

And if one day I forget

Don't ever forgive me

Because to forget one's mother

Is something that can never be forgiven.

Father, you who always

Had moral respect

And of you dear mother

A true and great love.

Virgin of the Roads

Always guide me on the right path

So that I never forget

Those I've known how to love.

And if one day I forget

Don't ever forgive me

Because to forget one's mother

Is something that can never be forgiven.

1. This refers to "La Virgen del Camino", she is patron of the Leon region and the city of Pamplona.