Paroles et traduction Lluís Llach - L´estaca

L´estaca

L′avi Siset em parlava
De bon matí al portal,
Mentres el sol esperàvem
I els carros vèiem passar.
Siset, que no veus l'estaca
A 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 tu l′estires fort per aquí
I jo l'estiro 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 es més ample i més gran.
Ben cert sé que està podrida
Pero és que, Siset, pesa tant
Que a cops la força m′oblida,
Torna'm a dir el teu cant
Si estirem tots ella caurà
I molt de temps no pot durar,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,
Ben corcada deu ser ja.
Si tu l′estires fort per aquí
I jo l'estiro fort per allà,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
I ens podrem alliberar.
L′avi Siset ja no diu res,
Mal vent que se'l va emportar,
Ell qui sap cap a quin indret
I jo a sota el portal.
I, passen els nous vailets,
Estiro el coll per cantar
El darrer cant d′en Siset,
El darrer que em va ensenyar.
Si estirem tots ella caurà
I molt de temps no pot durar,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,
Ben corcada deu ser ja.
Si tu l'estires fort per aquí
I jo l'estiro fort per allà,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
I ens podrem alliberar.
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
I ens podrem alliberar.
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
I ens podrem alliberar.
Si tu l′estires fort per aquí
I jo l′estiro fort per allà,
Segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
I ens podrem alliberar.

The Stake

Old Siset used to tell me
Early in the morning at the gate,
As we waited for the sun
And watched the carts go by.
Siset, don't you see the stake
To which we are all tied?
If we can't get rid of it
We'll never be able to walk!
If we all pull, it will fall
And cannot last much longer,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall,
It must be very rotten by now.
If you pull hard on it here
And I pull hard on it there,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.
But Siset, it's been a long time now
My hands are getting sore
And when my strength fails me
It grows wider and larger.
I know for sure that it is rotten
But, Siset, it weighs so much
That sometimes my strength fails me,
Sing me your song again
If we all pull, it will fall
And cannot last much longer,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall,
It must be very rotten by now.
If you pull hard on it here
And I pull hard on it there,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.
Old Siset says nothing now,
Bad wind carried him away,
He who knows to what place
And I am still at the gate.
And, the new kids pass by,
I stretch my neck to sing
Old Siset's last song,
The last one he taught me.
If we all pull, it will fall
And cannot last much longer,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall,
It must be very rotten by now.
If you pull hard on it here
And I pull hard on it there,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.
If you pull hard on it here
And I pull hard on it there,
Surely it will fall, fall, fall
And we will be able to free ourselves.