My mum likes this song because when she was young her dad used to sing it to her all the time and they used to dance to it so when she hears the song, it reminds her of her childhood. Also, when she was sad and heard this song it gave her hope and joy again. She likes the song’s positive message for life - sadness and problems come but then go and you will be happy again.
Chiquita
translated into Spanish by Mary & Buddy McCluskey
Chiquitita, dime por que
Tu dolor hoy te encadena
En tus ojos hay
Una sombra de gran pena.
No quisiera verte asi
Aunque quieras disimularlo
Si es que tan triste estas
Para que quieres callario
Chiquitita, dimelo tu
En mi hombro, aqui llorando
Cuenta conmigo ya
Para asi seguir andando
Tan segura te conoci
Y ahora tu ala quebrada
Dejamela arreglar
Yo la quiero ver curada
Chiquitita, sabes muy bien
Que las penas vienen y van y desaparecen
Otra vez vas a bailar y seras feliz,
Como flores que florecen.
Chiquitita, no hay que llorar
Las estrellas brillan por ti alla en lo alto,
Quiero verte sonreir para compartir
Tu alegria, Chiquitita.
Otra vez quiero compartir
Tu alegria Chiquitita.
Chiquitita, dime por que
Tu dolor hoy te encadena
En tus ojos hay
Una sombra de gran pena.
No quisiera verte asi
Aunque quieras disimularlo
Si es que tan triste estas
Para que quieres callario
Chiquitita, sabes muy bien
Que las penas vienen y van y desaparecen
Otra vez vas a bailar y seras feliz,
Como flores que florecen.
Chiquitita, no hay que llorar
Las estrellas brillan por ti alla en lo alto,
Quiero verte sonreir para compartir
Tu alegria, Chiquitita.
Otra vez quiero compartir
Tu alegria Chiquitita.
Otra vez quiero compartir
Tu alegria Chiquitita.
Chiquita
Benny Goran Bror Andersson and Bjoern K. Ulvaeus
Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong
You're enchained by your own sorrow
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow
How I hate to see you like this
There is no way you can deny it
I can see that you're oh so sad, so quiet
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
I'm a shoulder you can cry on
Your best friend, I'm the one you must rely on
You were always sure of yourself
Now I see you've broken a feather
I hope we can patch it up together
Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they're leaving
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
So the walls came tumbling down
And your love's a blown out candle
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
There is no way you can deny it
I see that you're oh so sad, so quiet
Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they're leaving
You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita