Paroles et traduction Joan Manuel Serrat - L'Estaca

L'Estaca

L′avi Siset em parlava
De bon matí al portal
Mentre el sol esperàvem
I els carros vèiem passar.
Siset, que no veus l'estaca
On estem tots lligats?
Si no podem desfer-nos-en
Mai no podrem caminar!
Si estirem tots, ella caurà
I molt de temps no pot durar,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
Ben corcada deu ser ja.
Si jo l′estiro fort per aquí
I tu l'estires fort per allà,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,
I ens podrem alliberar.
Però, Siset, fa molt temps ja,
Les mans se'm van escorxant,
I quan la força se me′n va
Ella és més ampla i més gran.
Ben cert sé que està podrida
Però és que, Siset, pesa tant,
Que a cops la força m′oblida.
Torna'm a dir el teu cant:
L′avi Siset ja no diu res,
Mal vent que se l'emportà,
Ell qui sap cap a quin indret
I jo a sota el portal.
I mentre passen els nous vailets
Estiro el coll per cantar
El darrer cant d′en Siset,
El darrer que em va ensenyar.

The Stake

Old Siset used to tell me
Early in the morning at the gate
While we waited for the sun
And watched the wagons pass.
Siset, can't you see the stake
To which we are all tied?
If we can't untie ourselves
We'll never be able to walk!
If we all pull, it will fall
And it can't last for long,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
It must be pretty rotten by now.
If I pull it hard over here
And you pull it hard over there,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall,
And we'll be able to free ourselves.
But, Siset, it's been a long time now,
My hands are getting chafed,
And when my strength gives out
It's wider and larger than ever.
I know for sure that it's rotten
But, Siset, it weighs so much,
Sometimes my strength deserts me.
Sing me your song again:
Old Siset doesn't say anything now,
An evil wind took him away,
Who knows to what place
And I'm still here at the gate.
And while the new lads pass by
I stick my neck out to sing
Siset's last song,
The last one he taught me.