Letras de Romulus - Sufjan Stevens

Romulus (original)

Once when our mother called
She had a voice of last year’s cough
We passed around the phone
Sharing a word about Oregon
When my turn came, I was ashamed
When my turn came, I was ashamed
Once when we moved away
She came to Romulus for a day
Her Chevrolet broke down
We prayed it’d never be fixed or be found
We touched her hair, we touched her hair
We touched her hair, we touched her hair
When she had her last child
Once when she had some boyfriends, some wild
She moved away quite far
Our grandpa bought us a new VCR
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it
We saw her once last fall
Our grandpa died in a hospital gown
She didn’t seem to care
She smoked in her room and colored her hair
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her

(traducción)

Una vez cuando nuestra madre llamó
Tenía una voz de tos del año pasado
Pasamos el teléfono
Compartiendo una palabra sobre Oregón
Cuando llegó mi turno, me avergoncé
Cuando llegó mi turno, me avergoncé
Una vez cuando nos mudamos
Ella vino a Romulus por un día
Su Chevrolet se descompuso
Rezamos para que nunca se arreglara o se encontrara
Tocamos su cabello, tocamos su cabello
Tocamos su cabello, tocamos su cabello
Cuando tuvo su último hijo
Una vez cuando ella tenía algunos novios, algunos salvajes
Ella se alejó bastante
Nuestro abuelo nos compró una videograbadora nueva
Lo vimos toda la noche, crecimos a pesar de eso
Lo vimos toda la noche, crecimos a pesar de eso
La vimos una vez el otoño pasado
Nuestro abuelo murió en bata de hospital
a ella no parecía importarle
Fumaba en su cuarto y se teñía el pelo
Me avergonzaba, me avergonzaba de ella
Me avergonzaba, me avergonzaba de ella
Me avergonzaba, me avergonzaba de ella
Me avergonzaba, me avergonzaba de ella