Cecilia Campos from Peru sent me a rhyme and a song for Mothers’ Day in Spanish and with English translations. Here’s the rhyme, song, the tune and Cecilia’s comments…

I’m teaching my son a rhyme for Mother’s Day. I created it when I was a teacher, for my first graders. Here it is in Spanish, with an English translation:

A mi Mamá
(Spanish)

Mamita querida
de mi corazon
yo te quiero mucho
con todo mi amor.

For My Mom
(English)

My mommy dearest,
From my heart,
I love you so much,
with all my love.

I put the rhyme to music and it became a song. (Huayno, typical music from the Andes, or sung to the Arroz con Leche tune). It goes like this:

A mi Mamá
(Spanish)

Mamita querida
de mi corazon
yo te quiero mucho
con todo mi amor.

Por eso te traigo flores
por eso te canto yo
por eso te traigo flores
con gran emocion.

Mamita querida
aunque soy chiquito/a
mi amor es grande,
mas grande que el sol.

Por eso te traigo flores
por eso te canto yo
por eso te traigo flores
con gran emocion.

For My Mom
(English)

My mommy dearest,
From my heart
I love you so much,
With all my love.

That’s why,
I bring you flowers.
That’s why,
I sing for you.
That’s why,
I bring you flowers,
With all my heart.

My mommy dearest,
Although I’m little,
My love for you is so big,
Bigger than the sun.

That’s why,
I bring you flowers.
That’s why,
I sing for you.
That’s why,
I bring you flowers,
With all my heart.

Thanks for sending in this nice song and rhyme Cecilia! Thanks also to Susan Pomerantz for playing the Arroz con Leche tune on the piano.

-Lisa

I welcome other Mothers Day Songs, rhymes and poems from around the world. Feel free to comment below or email me with Mother’s Day songs and rhymes.

Here are some other posts about Mother’s Day, including other poems: