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Original lyrics
Los caminos de la vida
[Coro]
Los caminos de la vida,
no son como yo pensaba,
como los imaginaba,
no son como yo creía.
Los caminos de la vida,
son muy difícil de andarlos,
difícil de caminarlos,
yo no encuentro la salida.
Yo pensaba que la vida era distinta
cuando era pequeñito yo creía
que las cosas eran fácil como ayer.
Que mi viejesita buena se esmeraba
por darme todo lo que necesitaba
y me doy cuenta que tanto así no es
Porque a mi viejita ya esta cansada
de trabajar por mi hermano y por mi
y ahora con gusto me toca ayudarla
y por mi vieja luchare hasta el fin
Por ella luchare hasta que me muera
y por ella no me quiero morir
tampoco que se me muera mi vieja
pero qué va si el destino es así.
[Coro]
Uno sabe que la vida,
de repente ha de acabarse,
y uno espera que sea tarde
que llegue la despedida,
Un amigo me decía
recompensare a mis viejos
por la crianza que me dieron
y no le alcanzo la vida
Por eso te pido a ti mi Dios del cielo
para que me dejes al camino correcto
para mi viejita linda compensar
Para que olvide ese mar de sufrimientos
y que de ella se aparte todo el tormento
que para criarnos tuvo que pasar
Viejita linda tienes que entenderme
no te preocupes todo va a cambiar
yo sufro mucho madrecita al verte
necesitada y no te puedo dar
A veces lloro al sentirme impotente
son tantas cosas que te quiero dar
y voy a luchar incansablemente
por que tu no mereces sufrir más.
[Coro x2]
Submitted by 
citlālicue on 2019-08-30
citlālicue on 2019-08-30Translation
The paths of life
[Chorus]
The paths of life
are not like how thought they'd be,
the way that I imagined them,
they're not the way I'd believe them to be.
The paths of life
are very difficult to traverse,
they're difficult to walk,
I can't find a way out.
I thought that life was different;
when I was a little boy I thought
that things were easy like they were yesterday.
That my little mother was careful
to give me everything I needed
and I realize that it wasn't like that.
Because my little mother is tired
of working for my brother and for me,
and now with pleasure it's my turn to help
and for my old lady I'll fight 'til the end.
For her I will fight until I die
and for her, I don't want to die,
nor do I want my mother to die
but what to do if that's how fate goes.
[Chorus]
One knows that life
must suddenly come to an end
and one hopes that the farewell
will come late.
A friend once told me
that he'd repay his parents
for the upbringing they gave him
and he didn't live long to do it.
That's why I beg you God in Heaven
for you to lead me on the right path,
so that I can repay my dear little mother.
So that she can forget that sea of suffering
and for the torment to leave her be,
the torment she had to go through to raise us.
My dear little mother believe in me1,
don't worry, everything will change.
I suffer so much little mother when I see you
in need and I'm unable to give you anything.
Sometimes I cry when I feel powerless,
there's so many things that I want to give you
and I will fight tirelessly
because you don't deserve to suffer anymore.
[Chorus x2]
- 1. lit. 'understand me'
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About translator
Vieja / viejita /viejecita = Are all terms of endearment for a mother (lit. 'old lady' 'little old lady'.)
There's other versions out there but this is the one I grew up listening to. It's probably one of the few songs that gets me crying the second it starts playing.