Paroles et traduction Joan Manuel Serrat - Pare

Pare

Pare
Digueu-me què
Li han fet al riu
Que ja no canta
Rellisca
Com un barb
Mort sota un pam
D'escuma blanca
Pare
Que el riu ja no és el riu
Pare
Abans que torni l'estiu
Amagui tot el que és viu
Pare
Digueu-me què
Li han fet al bosc
Que no hi ha arbres
A l'hivern
No tindrem foc
Ni a l'estiu lloc
Per aturar-se
Pare
Que el bosc ja no és el bosc
Pare
Abans de que no es faci fosc
Ompliu de vida el rebost
Sense llenya i sense peixos, pare
Ens caldrà cremar la barca
Llaurar el blat entre les enrunes, pare
I tancar amb tres panys la casa
I deia vostè
Pare
Si no hi ha pins
No es fan pinyons
Ni cucs, ni ocells
Pare
On no hi ha flors
No es fan abelles
Cera, ni mel
Pare
Que el camp ja no és el camp
Pare
Demà del cel plourà sang
El vent ho canta plorant
Pare
Ja són aquí
Monstres de carn
Amb cucs de ferro
Pare
No, no tingueu por
Digueu que no
Que jo us espero
Pare
Que estan matant la terra
Pare
Deixeu de plorar
Que ens han declarat la guerra

Father

Father
Tell me what
They've done to the river
That it no longer sings
It slides
Like a barb
Dead under a span
Of white foam
Father
The river is no longer the river
Father
Before the summer returns
Hide everything that is alive
Father
Tell me what
They've done to the forest
That there are no trees
In the winter
We will have no fire
Nor a place in the summer
To stop
Father
The forest is no longer the forest
Father
Before it gets dark
Fill the larder with life
Without firewood and without fish, father
We will have to burn the boat
Plow the wheat among the ruins, father
And bolt the house with three locks
And you said
Father
If there are no pines
There will be no pine nuts
No worms, no birds
Father
Where there are no flowers
No bees are made
No wax, no honey
Father
The field is no longer the field
Father
Tomorrow blood will rain from the sky
The wind sings it weeping
Father
They are already here
Monsters of flesh
With iron worms
Father
No, don't be afraid
Say no
That I'll wait for you
Father
They are killing the earth
Father
Stop crying
They have declared war on us