Paroles et traduction Maria del Mar Bonet - El Majoral

El Majoral

Majoral, vell majoral
P'es gener va fer nevada
I p'es 'bril va pedregar
Hem tengut molt mala anyada

Majoral, deixau-m'hi anar
A collir a sa llaurada
Jo no hi vaig p'es pareller
Ni p'es parell ni s'arada
Jo hi vaig per un jornaler
Que em té sa vida guanyada

Majoral, vós no em pagau
Ni un sou per sa diada
Jo treball per un jornaler
No vull ser tan mal pagada

Majoral, 'vui no heu pensat
A pagar-me sa feinada
Però pensau-hi demà
Que si no passarem gana

Majoral, vós sou ben l'amo
D'es canyar i de sa secada
Però no ho sereu mai
De sa meva quarterada

Majoral, vell majoral
Es joves han fuït de casa
Han anat cap a Ciutat
Sa terra ja no els agrada

The Overseer

Overseer, old overseer
In January, there was snowfall
And in April, there was hail
We've had a very bad year

Overseer, let me go
To gather in the tillage
I'm not going there for the plow
Nor for the plow nor the plowman
I'm going there for a farmhand
Who has earned my life

Overseer, you don't pay me
Not a sou for the day
I work for a farmhand
I don't want to be so poorly paid

Overseer, you haven't thought
To pay me for my work
But think about it tomorrow
For if you don't, we'll starve

Overseer, you alone are the master
Of the reed bed and the dried-up land
But you will never be
Of my quarter acre

Overseer, old overseer
The young people have fled the house
They've gone to the city
They no longer like the land