Mom, oh if I could return

Mom, oh if I could return

Oh, if I could return

for five minutes only, if I could return

return as a child to play in your arms

Oh, mom, how I would like

to feel your love, your painless tenderness

always to me giving

if I could return

To breath your scent, to touch your hair

to sit on your lap and feel like a solo playing in your heart

and linger in a circle of friends at play

tired I would be and in your arms lulled to sleep

Yes, mom, I woul return

nor would I doubt, I would adore

adore being with you

nor would I think on the dangers

that are in this world

you would sing songs, with that emotion

that only a mother knows how to give

and with you I would be

and my problems speak

and you would explain

solutions you would give

and all resolve

in the blink of an eye

To breath your scent…

But return I cannot

what can I do?

Say to you “thank you”?

Thank you to you

Say that I love you

this I can do

Mom, I love you.

Translation: Mark Lewis

Nasser Queiroga