Cançó d'amor - Lluís Llach Übersetzung ins Englische

Cançó d'amor

Si avui parlo d′amor
és per dir-vos, potser
Sense força ni traça,
Que he fet tantes cançons
Amagant veritats
Sota un joc de paraules.
És potser per això
Que me cal dir-ho ara.
Parlaré de les lleis
Que han fet el nostre cos
Tan grollera mentida,
Que potser caldrà dir
Que les lleis han confós
Plusvàlua amb família.
Potser no tinc raó,
Potser tu, potser jo.
I parlaré d'aquells
Per als qui el cos és presó
De passions condemnades,
I en un llit clandestí,
Quan per fi ve la nit,
Amagats s′amanyaguen.
No sé si tinc raó,
Potser tu, potser jo.
L'amor és el plaer
Gratuït i sincer
D'un joc ple de frisances,
Un poema de pells
On el sexe és l′accent
D′un senzill llenguatge.
No sé si tinc raó,
Potser tu, potser jo.
Si avui parlo d'amor
és per dir-vos, potser
Sense força ni traça,
Que faré mil cançons
Amagant veritats
Sota un joc de paraules.
És només per això
Que me cal dir-ho ara.

A Love Song

If today I speak of love
It is to tell you, perhaps
Without strength or wit,
That I have written so many songs
Hiding truths
Under a game of words.
Perhaps that is why
I must tell you now.
I will speak of the laws
That have made our bodies
Such a gross lie,
That perhaps it is necessary to say
That the laws have confused
Capital gains with family.
Perhaps I am wrong,
Perhaps you, perhaps I.
And I will speak of those
For whom the body is a prison
Of condemned passions,
And in a clandestine bed,
When night finally comes,
They make love in secret.
I don't know if I'm right,
Perhaps you, perhaps I.
Love is the pleasure
Free and sincere
Of a game full of thrills,
A poem of skin
Where sex is the accent
Of a simple language.
I don't know if I'm right,
Perhaps you, perhaps I.
If today I speak of love
It is to tell you, perhaps
Without strength or wit,
That I will write a thousand songs
Hiding truths
Under a game of words.
It is only for this reason
That I must tell you now.