Original Poem
Mother’s Eyes Struggling to comply Life’s an alibi Kiss your mom goodbye Picking up the pieces In a pocket full of dreams Not here to judge you, boy But you’re pure irony Scratching your way through Yet with hopeful despair The will to stay alive To get from here to there There’s someone held at gunpoint And it’s you that’s bleeding out The rat race is now over Gulped by the bigger fish’s mouth Can’t judge a mother’s mourning For a scammer or a crook It’s the sentiment of longing A son’s life that God took For the truth Is in mother's eyes Never Is one guilty In the look of our mother's eyes Think, boy What you’ve pinched All these things And now what? In the end When you’re dead Your only worth Is your soul Too late to comply No more alibis Final kiss goodbye
Translation (Spanish)
About the Poet
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Historical Context
- Literary Form
- Free verse
- When Written
- Unknown
- Background
- El poema parece explorar temas de arrepentimiento, la relación madre-hijo, y la inevitabilidad de la muerte. Refleja una lucha interna y la búsqueda de redención.
Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drq1OqBUdcY, https://vk.com/video-61318882_167269935, https://www.perevod-pesen.ru/haroinfather-forever/, https://www.amalgama-lab.com/songs/t/teddy_swims/the_door.html, https://rutube.ru/video/36049d5a8b9804674ab918ebc5d86ccc/
Detailed Explanation
Themes
Literary Devices
Word Dictionary
| Word | Meaning | Translation | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s | belonging to a mother | perteneciente a una madre | Madhur's |
| Eyes | organs of sight | órganos de la vista | Aayz |
| Struggling | fighting, striving | luchando, esforzándose | Strug-ling |
| to | in order to | para | to |
| comply | to obey, to follow | cumplir, obedecer | kum-ply |
| Life’s | life is | la vida es | Lyf's |
| an | a | un, una | an |
| alibi | excuse, justification | excusa, justificación | a-li-bai |
| Kiss | touch with lips | besar | Kis |
| your | belonging to you | tu, tus | yoor |
| mom | mother | mamá | maam |
| goodbye | farewell | adiós | gud-bai |
| Picking | collecting, gathering | recogiendo, juntando | Pick-ing |
| up | lifting, raising | levantando, alzando | up |
| the | definite article | el, la, los, las | the |
| pieces | parts, fragments | piezas, fragmentos | pee-siz |
| In | inside | en, dentro de | In |
| a | one | un, una | a |
| small bag in clothes | bolsillo | pok-it | |
| full | filled, complete | lleno, completo | ful |
| of | belonging to, containing | de | of |
| dreams | visions, aspirations | sueños, aspiraciones | dreemz |
| Not | no, negative | no, negativo | Not |
| here | in this place | aquí, en este lugar | here |
| judge | evaluate, decide | juzgar, evaluar | juhj |
| you | the person spoken to | tú, usted | yoo |
| boy | young male | chico, muchacho | boi |
| But | however | pero, sin embargo | But |
| you’re | you are | tú eres, estás | you're |
| pure | clean, untainted | puro, limpio | pyur |
| irony | contradiction, sarcasm | ironía, contradicción | ai-ruh-nee |
| Scratching | scraping, clawing | rascando, arañando | Skra-ching |
| way | path, method | camino, método | wei |
| through | across, by means of | a través de, por | throo |
| Yet | still, nevertheless | aún, sin embargo | yet |
| with | accompanied by | con | with |
| hopeful | optimistic, expectant | esperanzado, optimista | hohp-ful |
| despair | hopelessness, distress | desesperación, angustia | dis-pair |
| The | definite article | el, la, los, las | The |
| will | determination, intent | voluntad, determinación | wil |
| stay | remain, continue | quedarse, permanecer | stei |
| alive | living, not dead | vivo, no muerto | uh-lai-v |
| To | in order to | para | To |
| get | obtain, reach | conseguir, alcanzar | get |
| from | starting at, out of | de, desde | frum |
| there | in that place | allí, en ese lugar | thair |
| There’s | there is | hay | thairz |
| someone | a person | alguien, una persona | sum-wun |
| held | grasped, detained | sostenido, detenido | held |
| at | in, on | en, a | at |
| gunpoint | under threat of a gun | bajo amenaza de pistola | gun-point |
| And | also, in addition | y, además | And |
| it’s | it is | es | it's |
| that’s | that is | que es | that's |
| bleeding | losing blood | sangrando, perdiendo sangre | blee-ding |
| out | outside, away | fuera, afuera | owt |
| rat | rodent, small animal | rata, roedor | rat |
| race | competition, contest | carrera, competencia | reis |
| is | exists, present | es, está | is |
| now | at this moment | ahora, en este momento | now |
| over | finished, ended | terminado, acabado | oh-ver |
| Gulped | swallowed, consumed | tragado, consumido | gulpd |
| by | near, through | por, cerca de | by |
| bigger | larger, greater | más grande, mayor | big-er |
| fish’s | belonging to a fish | del pez | fish-iz |
| mouth | opening, orifice | boca, abertura | mowth |
| Can’t | cannot | no puede | kant |
| mother’s | belonging to a mother | de una madre | mother's |
| mourning | grieving, lamenting | duelo, lamento | mor-ning |
| For | because of | por, debido a | For |
| scammer | fraudster, deceiver | estafador, engañador | skam-er |
| or | either | o | or |
| crook | criminal, thief | ladrón, criminal | kruk |
| It’s | it is | es | It's |
| sentiment | feeling, emotion | sentimiento, emoción | sen-ti-ment |
| longing | yearning, desire | anhelo, deseo | long-ing |
| A | one | un, una | A |
| son’s | belonging to a son | del hijo | sunz |
| life | existence, being | vida, existencia | laif |
| that | which | que | that |
| God | deity, creator | Dios, creador | god |
| took | removed, seized | tomó, quitó | tuk |
| truth | reality, fact | verdad, realidad | trooth |
| Is | exists, present | es, está | Is |
| in | inside | en, dentro de | in |
| eyes | organs of sight | ojos, órganos de la vista | aayz |
| Never | not ever | nunca, jamás | nev-er |
| one | a single person | uno, una persona | one |
| guilty | responsible for a crime | culpable, responsable | gil-tee |
| look | gaze, glance | mirada, vistazo | luk |
| our | belonging to us | nuestro, de nosotros | owr |
| Think | consider, reflect | piensa, reflexiona | thingk |
| What | which, that | qué, cuál | What |
| you’ve | you have | tú has | you've |
| pinched | stolen, taken | robado, tomado | pincht |
| All | every, entire | todo, todos | All |
| these | these things | estas cosas | these |
| things | objects, items | cosas, objetos | thingz |
| what | which, that | qué, cuál | what |
| end | conclusion, finish | fin, conclusión | end |
| When | at the time | cuando | When |
| dead | not alive | muerto, no vivo | ded |
| Your | belonging to you | tu, tus | Your |
| only | sole, single | único, solo | only |
| worth | value, importance | valor, importancia | wurth |
| soul | spirit, essence | alma, espíritu | sohl |
| Too | also, excessively | también, demasiado | too |
| late | after the expected time | tarde, después del tiempo esperado | leit |
| No | not any | ninguno, no | noh |
| more | additional, further | más, adicional | mohr |
| alibis | excuses, justifications | coartadas, justificaciones | a-li-bai-z |
| Final | last, ultimate | final, último | fai-nal |
| kiss | touch with lips | beso | kis |
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