Paroles et traduction Lluís Llach - Un núvol blanc

Un núvol blanc

Senzillament se′n va la vida, i arriba
Com un cabdell que el vent desfila, i fina.
Som actors a voltes,
Espectadors a voltes,
Senzillament i com si res, la vida ens dóna i pren paper.
Serenament quan ve l'onada, acaba,
I potser, en el deixar-se vèncer, comença.
La platja enamorada
No sap l′espera llarga
I obre els braços no fos cas, l'onada avui volgués queda's.
Així només, em deixo que tu em deixis;
Només així, et deixo que ara em deixis.
Jo tinc, per a tu, un niu en el meu arbre
I un núvol blanc, penjat d′alguna branca.
Molt blanca...
Sovint és quan el sol declina que el mires.
Ell, pesarós, sap que, si minva, l′estimes.
Arribem tard a voltes
Sense saber que a voltes
El fràgil art d'un gest senzill, podria dir-te que...
Només així, em deixo que tu em deixis;
Així només, et deixo que ara em deixis.
Jo tinc, per a tu, un niu en el meu arbre
I un núvol blanc, penjat d′alguna branca.
Molt blanc...

A White Cloud

Life simply goes away, then arrives,
Like a skein of yarn unravelled and drawn out by the wind.
Actors sometimes,
Audiences sometimes,
Quite simply and without fuss, life gives us and takes away the role.
Serenely, when the wave comes, it ends,
And perhaps, in surrendering, it begins.
The beach in love
Doesn't know the long wait
And opens its arms in case the wave wants to stay.
Thus, I let you leave me;
Only thus, do I let you leave me now.
I have, for you, a nest in my tree
And a white cloud, hanging from a branch.
Very white...
You often look at it as the sun goes down.
He, heavy-hearted, knows that if he wanes, you love him.
We are sometimes late
Without knowing that sometimes
The fragile art of a simple gesture could tell you...
Thus, I let you leave me;
Only thus, do I let you leave me now.
I have, for you, a nest in my tree
And a white cloud, hanging from a branch.
Very white...