Counting The Day

The morning arrived so quickly
Yesterday is already behind me
I run so fast and I'm losing the hurry
To live everything you give me
Plans, lists
And a thousand promises

It's the silence that makes me
Ask deep in my soul
How much more time do I have?

Teach me to count the days
So that my heart may gain wisdom
And not be lost in vain
Teach me to count the days
That each hour is Your sign
To love now and without measure
To live the simple, the essential
Teach me to count the days
So that my heart may gain wisdom
And not be lost in vain
Teach me to count the days
That each hour is Your sign
To love now and without measure
To live the simple, the essential

I see the faces of my children
The smiles of my parents
Photographs on the wall
People I no longer see
Everything passes and everything changes

And I ask myself
How many minutes have I already wasted?
On what passes and never returns?
I speak of love another day
And that day, when it arrives, always brings me peace

Teach me to count the days
So that my heart may attain wisdom
And not be lost in vain
Teach me to count the days
That each hour is Your sign
To love now and without measure
To live the simple, the essential
To live the simple, the essential

If today I hear Your voice
I want to respond now
Not leave it for later
Nor save it for another time
If today I hear Your voice
I want to surrender my path
Because counting each day
Is walking very close together
If today I hear Your voice
I want to respond now
Not leave it for later
Nor save it for another time
If today I hear Your voice
I want to surrender my path
Because counting each day
Is walking very close together

Teach me to count the days
So that my Heart, attain wisdom
And don't get lost in vain
Teach me to count the day
That each hour is Your sign
To love now and without measure
To live the simple, the essential
Teach me to count the day
So that my heart may attain wisdom
And not get lost in vain
Teach me to count the day
That each hour is Your sign
To love now and without measure
To live the simple, the essential