Paroles et traduction Els Amics De Les Arts - El Matrimoni Arnolfini

El Matrimoni Arnolfini

Per tu l'India van ser tres mesos vitals
Per mi van ser 90 dies a l'exili
A les fotos surts tan guapa i tant morena
I jo així amb pinta com de Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

I contemplant el Taj Mahal des de l'últim angle que ens quedava
Em vas fer una pregunta que no em negaràs que tenia mala baba
Un marajà va perdre la dona i aquest palau li va fer construir
Si ens passés això a nosaltres, què faries tu per mi?

I no vaig saber què dir
Un any vas dir el pont de la Puríssima
Creuem l'Atlàntic, anem als Estats Units
Un puja i baixa, quatre compres per Manhattan

Que el dòlar ara està per terra i en podrem treure profit
I contemplant un edifici unes columnes rotllo antic
Vas dir: caram som a un lloc mític fes una foto, es Wall Street
A dins un hall ple de pantalles, terra amb parquet, homes i crits
Per què ara puja, per què ara baixa,
On hi ha el secret per fer-se ric?

I no vaig saber què dir
I no vaig saber què dir
I no vaig saber no

I et va agafar aquell rampell per la pintura
I vam volar a Viena a saciar aquell desig
Jo el món del art, ho reconec, no puc dir pas que el domini
De l' institut se'm va quedar només el matrimoni Arnolfini

I contemplant un Schiele em deies:
Però mira el traç, però quins colors
No pots percebre per la mirada que profund que era el seu dolor?
Fixa't la llum que ben tractada, tot detalls res perquè sí
A mi m'exalta, a mi em provoca, i digues tu, què et fa sentir?

I no vaig saber què dir
I no vaig saber què dir
I no vaig saber no

I després de molt de temps ja ho he trobat, ja sé què dir
Hi ha tres coses que tinc clares amb tots aquests anar i venir
Que es forrarà el tio que patenti les abraçades d'aeroports
Són (va ho diré), les que ara et trenquen,
Però que demà et fan més fort

Que l'única veritat arreu que és clara, rasa i pura
És que al pot petit sempre hi haurà poca confitura
I que tornar sempre és la millor part de l'aventura

Tornar, sempre és la millor part de l'aventura
Tornar, sempre és la millor part de l'aventura
Tornar, sempre és la millor part de l'aventura
Tornar, sempre és la millor part de l'aventura

The Arnolfini Portrait

For you, India was a vital three months
For me it was 90 days in exile
In the photos you look so beautiful and tanned
And I look like Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

And contemplating the Taj Mahal from the last angle we had left
You asked me a question that you won't deny had a bad vibe to it
A maharaja lost his wife and had this palace built
If that happened to us, what would you do for me?

And I didn't know what to say
One year you said, the Immaculate Conception bridge
We cross the Atlantic, we go to the United States
Ups and downs, four purchases in Manhattan

The dollar is on the ground now and we can profit from it
And contemplating a building, some ancient-style columns
You said: wow, we are in a mythical place, take a picture, it's Wall Street
Inside a hall full of screens, parquet floors, men and shouts
Why is it going up now, why is it going down now
Where is the secret to getting rich?

And I didn't know what to say
And I didn't know what to say
And I didn't know no

And you were seized by that craving for painting
And we flew to Vienna to satisfy that desire
The world of art, I admit, I can't say I master it
From high school I only remember the Arnolfini Portrait

And contemplating a Schiele you were saying to me:
But look at the stroke, but what colors
Can't you perceive by the look how deep his pain was?
Look at the light, how well treated, every detail, nothing is by chance
It exalts me, it provokes me, and you tell me, what does it make you feel?

And I didn't know what to say
And I didn't know what to say
And I didn't know no

And after a long time I have found it, I know what to say
There are three things I am clear about with all this coming and going
That the guy who patents airport hugs will get rich
They are (I'll say it), the ones that now break you,
But tomorrow they make you stronger

That the only truth everywhere that is clear, smooth and pure
Is that in the small pot there will always be little jam
And that returning is always the best part of the adventure

Returning, is always the best part of the adventure
Returning, is always the best part of the adventure
Returning, is always the best part of the adventure
Returning, is always the best part of the adventure