Mariachi - Las mañanitas - EL CAMINO DE LA MUSICA -

Tanto per cominciare qui in Messico quando una persona compie gli anni, non deve pagare da bere a nessuno, sono gli altri che pagano la festa, e questa mi pare una bella tradizione; poi è usanza ingaggiare un gruppo di mariachi... continua a leggere qui: http://www.ilcamminodellamusica.it/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=419

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