Paroles et traduction Albert Plá - El Llegat del Pastor

El Llegat del Pastor

I un servidor
A estat sempre pastor
Cent cabres tinc i un serro
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

I un dia estan pasturant el ramat
Pels grans prats del Pallars
La tarda era grisa i el cel gris com humit
Anunciava turmenta, anunciava mal temps
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

Però de com un gran tro i un gran llamp
I les cabres muntanya avall
Espantades, cagades de por
Però que feu, però on aneu, però pareu, no correu
Que us perdreu espereu-me que vinc
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

Ai carai me'n trepussu ai merda que caic
Caic, caic just arran d'un barranc mai trobat
La branca on amarrar-me i rellisco
Em despenyo precipici avall
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

Jo caic i rodolo, em despenyo i rodolo
Em trenco i rodolo i mesclafo ben be sota de tot
Sobra un pedra immensa al fondo del barranc
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

Les cabres a dalt i jo vaig
Esclafat moribund, en un moment així
Pots comptar que es pot dir
Baixeu totes aquí, vingueu totes amb mi que es que
Avanç de morir escolteu que us vull dir

Filles meves algun dia aquestes terres seran vostres
Tota l'herba, tots els prats, tots els fils, tot els sembrats
Que e viscut sempre en carència, però us puc deixar
Alguna herència, tot els arbres, tot el blat, tots el rius
Tots els poblats, filles meves que es que us deixo
Que es que em moro avui mateix, però no voleu
Per mi cabretes i seguiu el vostre pas

I es que avui us dono festa, que es la meva última
Tarda i dono festa a tothom ja sou lliures
I a partir d'ara ja sou lliures ja podeu fer el que
Vulgueu família, soc el papa, la mama, sóc el papa

De les cabres, però brinqueu, brinqueu cabretes
Neu fugint a les muntanyes i oculteu-se
Un temps el bosc reposeu-se i mengeu herba
Però agafeu aquest sarró que us entrego i conserveu-lu

Aquest sarró de cuiro vell que e portat sempre a l'esquena
Solo us dono aquest macutu potser algun dia us farà falta
Si trobeu la pastoreta d'ulls vellisims a la serra
La pastora de cabretes, preferida pels cabrons, bocs

I xais i bocs i ovelles, la pastora de la serra
Que fa abrics de pell humana quant les cabres tenen
Fred, família, que es la mama, que es el papa, que
És la mama de les cabres

I ai be, be, be ves peron si la veieu deuli recors
Que és que me mort si voleu podeu anar amb ella
Pasturant brincant pel's prats, pasturant brincant
Per l'herba, hi ha dues coses a la vida que us deixo per que em moro
Hi ha dos coses a la vida que es que deixo i per aixo ploro
La pastora de la serra i un ramat de cabres sueltas.

The Shepherd's Legacy

And your servant
Has always been a shepherd
I have a hundred goats and a mountain hut
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

And one day I was grazing the flock
Through the great meadows of Pallars
The afternoon was gray and the sky gray as if damp
It announced a storm, it announced bad weather
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

But suddenly a great thunder and a great lightning
And the goats down the mountain
Scared, shitting with fear
But what are you doing, where are you going, stop, don't run
You will get lost, wait for me, I'm coming
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

Oh dear, I stumble, oh shit, I fall
I fall, I fall right at the edge of a ravine I've never found
The branch to hold on to and I slip
I plunge down the precipice
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

I fall and roll, I plunge and roll
I break and roll and I crash right at the bottom
On top of an immense stone at the bottom of the ravine
Oi lai cai, oi lai rai cai, lai rai carai

The goats above and I go
Crushed, dying, in such a moment
You can count on what can be said
Come down all of you, come with me, it's just that
Before I die, listen to what I want to tell you

My daughters, someday these lands will be yours
All the grass, all the meadows, all the threads, all the crops
That I have always lived in need, but I can leave you
Some inheritance, all the trees, all the wheat, all the rivers
All the villages, my daughters, that's what I leave you
It's just that I'm dying today, but you don't want
For me, little goats, and follow your path

And it's just that today I give you a party, it's my last
Afternoon and I give a party to everyone, you are free
And from now on you are free you can do what
You want family, I'm the dad, the mom, I'm the dad

Of the goats, but jump, jump little goats
Run away to the mountains and hide
Rest for a while in the forest and eat grass
But take this sack that I give you and keep it

This sack of old leather that I've always carried on my back
I only give you this backpack, maybe someday you will need it
If you find the shepherdess with very old eyes in the mountains
The shepherdess of goats, preferred by the goats, billy goats

And lambs and billy goats and sheep, the shepherdess of the mountains
Who makes coats of human skin when the goats are
Cold, family, she's the mom, she's the dad, she
Is the mom of the goats

And well, well, well, go for it, if you see her, give her my regards
It's just that I'm dead, if you want you can go with her
Grazing, jumping through the meadows, grazing, jumping
Through the grass, there are two things in life that I leave you because I'm dying
There are two things in life that I leave and that's why I cry
The shepherdess of the mountains and a flock of loose goats.