Horonan-Tsary
Tononkira
My son is almost three
– Efa ho telo taona ny zanako lahy
He used to look just like his dad
– Toy ny dadany ihany izy taloha
But right now he looks just like me
– Fa amin’izao fotoana izao dia mitovy amiko ihany izy
And as far as I can see, the fruit I bear is sweet
– Ary raha ny fahitako azy dia mamy ny voankazo zakako
But the apple’s rolling real far from the tree
– Fa ny fihodinan’ny paoma tena lavitra ny hazo
And falling down the hill so full of love and so carefree
– Ary mianjera amin’ny havoana feno fitiavana sy tsy miraharaha
I wonder if the world will treat him any better than it treated me
– Manontany tena aho raha hitondra azy tsara kokoa noho ny nitondrany ahy izao tontolo izao
But papa, don’t you preach
– Fa dada, tsy mitory ve ianao
I tried to teach him every day that nothing good is free, but always should be
– Niezaka nampianatra azy isan’andro aho fa tsy misy zavatra tsara afaka, fa tokony ho foana
And with my roots above and all my branches down below
– Ary ny fakako ambony sy ny sampako rehetra ambany
Please tell my boy I love him so
– Azafady mba lazao amin’ny zanako lahy fa tiako izy
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Azafady mba lazao amin’izao tontolo izao fa tsy maintsy mitombo aho alohan’ny handehanako
I just wanted you to know
– Tiako ho fantatrao fotsiny
That I believe in magic and I believe in sin
– Mino ny magic aho ary mino nyin
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Mbola mino Ny Lanitra aho, raha tsy avelany hiditra mihitsy aho
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Nanomboka nino ny fitiavana aho tamin’ny andro nihaonako tamin’ny kambana keliko
I think I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– Heveriko fa mety hanomboka hanandrana aho satria mbola tsy nanao izany
My Momma’s getting old
– Efa antitra ny Reniko
Well, it’s contagious and you’ll catch it like a cold
– Eny, mifindra io ary ho tratranao toy ny sery
She won’t admit it, but it’s something that I know
– Tsy hanaiky izany izy, fa zavatra fantatro izany
‘Cause every year that passes for me passes her a hundredfold
– ‘Satria isan-taona izay mandalo ho ahy dia mandalo azy avo zato heny
Back in the day, my dad and I would share a laugh at all of her mistakes
– Tamin’ny andro, izaho sy ny raiko dia niara-nihomehy tamin’ny fahadisoany rehetra
But that alliance didn’t save me from her fate
– Saingy tsy nanavotra ahy tamin’ny anjarany izany firaisankina izany
No, it didn’t, I’m still twenty-eight
– Tsia, tsy izany, mbola valo amby roapolo taona aho
Became a single mom, just crushed under a rake
– Lasa reny tokan-tena, torotoro fotsiny teo ambanin’ny rake
Of a child growing faster than I think that I can take
– Ny zaza mitombo haingana kokoa noho izay heveriko fa azoko raisina
I love him anyway
– Tiako ihany izy
And I remind myself a time will come when he sees me turn grey
– Ary mampahatsiahy ny tenako aho fa ho avy ny fotoana hahitany ahy mivadika volondavenona
And realize it’s too late, like I did with my mother
– Ary fantaro fa tara loatra, toy ny nataoko tamin’ny reniko
So now I tell her to her face
– Ka izao dia lazaiko azy amin’ny tavany
With my roots above and all my branches down below
– Miaraka amin’ny fakako ambony sy ny rantsako rehetra ambany
Please tell my mom I love her so
– Azafady mba lazao amin’ny reniko fa tiako izy
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Azafady mba lazao amin’izao tontolo izao fa tsy maintsy mitombo aho alohan’ny handehanako
I just wanted you to know
– Tiako ho fantatrao fotsiny
That I believe in magic and I still believe in sin
– Mino ny magic aho ary mbola mino nyin
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Mbola mino Ny Lanitra aho, raha tsy avelany hiditra mihitsy aho
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Nanomboka nino ny fitiavana aho tamin’ny andro nihaonako tamin’ny kambana keliko
And I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– Ary mety hanomboka hanandrana aho satria mbola tsy nanao izany
I haven’t been, da-da-da-da
– Tsy mbola nisy aho, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-la-la
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-la-la
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-la-la
I love him so
– Tiako be izy
