today is 23rd January and it is my birthday
happy birthday...happy birthday "fifteen-year-old-boy"
and my friends from Mexico want the Mariachi to play
a well-known and traditional song for birthdays
"Las Mañanitas"
Which has nothing to do with "Happy Birthday"
subtitles by: Barbara Di Fede
how beatiful this morning is! Today I am coming to greet you
we are all very happy to wish you an happy birthday
the day you were born every flower bloomed
and the nightingales were singing in the baptismal font
the sunrise and the light of the day are coming already
stand up! look: it is morning already
four doves flew across all the cities
and for your birthday we wish you an happy birthday
among the stars in the sky I have to catch two of them
one is to greet you and the other to say goodbye
we beautify this day with angels and flowers
today is your "fifteenth birthday"
this is the reason why we are singing here
this is "La Canción Mixteca"
it says that you are very far from your Country
listen to this song, you will like it
how far I am from the place where I was born
a great homesickness fills my thoughts
and I feel so alone and sad like leaves through the wind
I would like to cry, I would like to be thrilled 'till death
oh Land of Sun, I am looking forward to see you
now that I live far away without light and without love
A greeting from Mexico to Italy
so we celebrate this birthday in Mexico