Paroles et traduction Joan Manuel Serrat - La Noia de Duro

La Noia de Duro

Fa temps, quan jo vivia al barri condemnat
Més bèstia que altra cosa
Un borratxo com jo, per un duro pelat
Em va vendre l′esposa
Quan se'm va estirar al llit, més dolça que la mel
Fent volar la faldilla
Em va semblar segur que em prenien el pèl
Servint-me pacotilla
"Torna′t a embolicar i guarda el teu encant
Ets massa esprimatxada
Sóc un panxacontent i poc em satisfan
Les mides d'arengada"
"Vés amb el teu marit, el duro es pot quedar
Me'n fot i no menteixo"
Però ella, en to submís, la vista va abaixar
Dient-me: "Et prefereixo"
"No sóc grasseta, però no en tinc la culpa, crec
Com les altres femelles"
Llavors jo, commogut, sobre els genolls l′assec
Comptant-li les costelles
"Tu que vals un duret, quin nom et va tocar
Quan varen batejar-te?"
"Em dic Nineta", "Nina, voldria amb tu jugar
Arribaré a estimar-te"
I aquell sac d′ossos durs que en un moment primer
No m'atreia, tot d′una
M'ha entrat al fons del cor i no la cediré
Per tota una fortuna
Fa temps, quan jo vivia al barri condemnat
Més bèstia que altra cosa
Un borratxo com jo, per un duro pelat
Em va vendre l′esposa

The Duro Girl

Once, when I lived in the condemned neighborhood
More beast than anything else
A drunkard like me, for a peso, stripped
He sold me his wife
When she stretched out on the bed, sweeter than honey
Letting her skirt fly
I was sure they were making fun of me
Serving me cheap tricks
"Wrap yourself up again and put away your charms
You're too thin
I am easily contented and little satisfies me
The measurements of a herring"
"Go with your husband, you can keep the peso
I don't care and I'm not lying"
But she, in a submissive tone, lowered her gaze
Saying to me: "I prefer you"
"I am not fat, but it's not my fault, I think
Like other females"
Then I, moved, sat her on my knees
Counting her ribs
"You're worth a duro, what was your name
When they baptized you?"
"My name is Nineta," "Nina, I would like to play with you
I will come to love you"
And that bag of hard bones that at first
Did not attract me, suddenly
Has entered my heart and I will not give it up
For a fortune
Once, when I lived in the condemned neighborhood
More beast than anything else
A drunkard like me, for a peso, stripped
He sold me his wife