Calor de hogar

Give me a hug my noble wife
and, in the warmth of home sweet home
while the kids are dancing and laughing.
we'll long for our youth.
Do you remember, old lady, that afternoon
when trembling with emotion
and cowed by your beauty
for the first time I spoke to you of love.

Like red poppies
I saw your cheeks light up
and your eyes closed
like a sunset flower.
From your inciting lips
a sigh took flight,
and the evening star
saw our mouths meet.

Happy years that in this nest
bore their fruits of blessing,
our little children, who are already men
good and honest men like you and me.
How they have grown! They already have wings,
soon they will want to make their nest,
and alone, old woman, we'll stay...
alone and sad with old age.

But new springs
will give flowers of love
and the grandchildren will come
to heal our pain;
with their laughter and their songs
they will brighten our life
and then... then my old lady...
our eyes will close.