Paroles et traduction Cesk Freixas - El Burro i L'Àguila

El Burro i L'Àguila

Qui fa i desfà quan vol sense manies
Retalla siluetes sense rostre
Que corren, s'agenollen i raspallen
Xisclen com marietes donant ordres
Pel seu bé i pel nostre mal?
Són el Burro i l'Àguila Reial

Per què ballem el ball de mala gana?
Per què tanquem finestres quan obertes
Deixen entrar la llum que abans teníem?
Per què les flors ja neixen totes grises?
Per què hem de regar pedres quan no cal?
Ho mana el Burro i l'Àguila Reial
Perquè ho mana el Burro i l'Àguila Reial

On es diuen paraules i discursos
Que cada dia més ningú s'escolta?
On s'estripen raons imprescindibles?
On encara es recorden les creuades?
On l'amor és pecat per immoral?
On hi ha el Burro i l'Àguila Reial
On hi ha el Burro i l'Àguila Reial

Quan tornarem a riure com ho feien
Els nostres pares, forts, sense recança?
Quan deixarem els nervis de l'espera
I dormirem tranquils d'una tirada
I oblidarem per sempre el "tant se val"?
Quan es mori el Burro i l'Àguila Reial

Perquè ho mana el Burro i l'Àguila Reial
On hi ha el Burro i l'Àguila Reial
Quan es mori el Burro i l'Àguila Reial

The Donkey and the Eagle

Who makes and unmakes as he pleases without a care
Cuts out faceless figures
That run, kneel down and grovel
Squeak like puppets, giving orders
For their own good and our own harm?
They are the Donkey and the Golden Eagle

Why do we dance the awkward dance?
Why do we close the windows when they could be open
Letting in the light that we used to have?
Why are all the flowers already born grey?
Why do we have to water stones when we don't have to?
The Donkey and the Golden Eagle command it
Because the Donkey and the Golden Eagle command it

Where are those words and speeches uttered
That every day fewer people listen to?
Where are those essential reasons torn up?
Where are the crusades still remembered?
Where is love a sin for being immoral?
Where are the Donkey and the Golden Eagle
Where are the Donkey and the Golden Eagle

When will we laugh again as did
Our parents, strong, without resentment?
When will we leave behind the nerves of waiting
And sleep peacefully all night long
And forget the "who cares" forever?
When the Donkey and the Golden Eagle die

Because the Donkey and the Golden Eagle command it
Where are the Donkey and the Golden Eagle
When the Donkey and the Golden Eagle die