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My mother
I sing at night
Because the day punishes me
And it's in the silence of things
That I find a friendly voice

My mother
I shout at night
Like a boat drifting away
And sinking in the deep sea
At the foot of the most worn-out wave

My mother
I cry at night
In this love in which I sink
Because the words of life
No longer have another world

My mother
What have you done
What did your love do
That late hour
When you gave birth to me in pain

For this
I am this song
My mother so hurt
That I wear the night in my body
Without destiny but with fate