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Dona estrangera

El teu avi tenia un bigoti llarg i blanc
I el sucava en cervesa tèbia en tavernes dels Alps
Pels matins les teves tietes baixen a banyar-se
A una platja escenari de la Segona Guerra Mundial

Dona estrangera
Com em veuen els teus ulls?

Ton pare destil•la prunes i les deixa fermentar
I en fires exsoviètiques ven licors de vuitanta graus
Al jardí la teva àvia vesteix quimono blanc
Mentre el sol vermell es pon entre les branques d'un bonsai

Dona estrangera
Com em veuen els teus ulls?
Dona estrangera

Mentre ballem em mullen les aigües del Rin
Entro amb un tanc rus a Berlín
M'espanta el teu passat víking

Mentre ens besem entre copes d'arbres gegants
Ta mare resa a déus estranys
Ton pare educa uns elefants

Quan fem l'amor dos-cents dansaires otomans
Giren contents al meu voltant
Somriuen i piquen de mans

I ens abracem i pujo en un tramvia groc
Passejo entre obres del Barroc
Em perdo en la Terra del Foc

Foreign Lady

Your grandfather had a long white mustache
And he would dip it in warm beer in the taverns of the Alps
In the mornings your aunts go down to bathe
At a beach that was the scene of World War II

Foreign lady
How do your eyes see me?

Your father distills plums and lets them ferment
And at ex-Soviet fairs he sells eighty-proof liquors
In the garden your grandmother wears a white kimono
As the red sun sets between the branches of a bonsai

Foreign lady
How do your eyes see me?
Foreign lady

As we dance the waters of the Rhine River splash me
I enter Berlin in a Russian tank
Your Viking past frightens me

As we kiss amidst tall trees
Your mother prays to strange gods
Your father trains elephants

When we make love, two hundred Ottoman dancers
Circle me gleefully
They smile and clap their hands

And we embrace and I board a yellow tram
I walk among Baroque works of art
I lose myself in Tierra del Fuego