Joan Manuel Serrat "Soneto a Mama" lyrics

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Soneto a Mama

No es que no vuelva, porque me he olvidadode tu olor a tomillo y a cocina.De lejos, dicen que se ve más claro,que no es igual quién anda y quién camina.

Y supe que el amor tiene ojos verdes,que cuatro palos tiene la baraja,que nunca vuelve aquello que se pierdey la marea sube y luego baja.

Supe que lo sencillo no es lo necio,que no hay que confundir valor y precio,y un manjar puede ser cualquier bocado

si el horizonte es luz y el rumbo un beso,No es que no vuelva porque me he olvidado:es que perdí el camino de regreso,

Mamá...

Sonnet to mother

It's not that I don't return because I have forgottenof your smell of thyme and kitchenThey say that it looks much clearer from afar,that it's not the same who wanders and who walks.

And I knew that love has green eyes,that the deck has four suits,that what is lost never returns,and the tide rises and then falls.

I knew that simplicity is not foolish,that one cannot confuse value and price,and any bite can be a delicacy.

If the horizon is light and the heading a kiss,it's not that I don't return because I have forgotten;it's that I have lost the way back.

Mother...

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