Paroles et traduction Tedi Spalato - Škarpelin

Škarpelin

Cili život sebe dajen
Štemam, glancam, piketajen
Kamen bili, kamen sivi
Već su pisci prešidenti
Oficjali, manovali,
Mušterije moje bili

Stare cure, mlade švore
Primadone i šinjore
Figuraju ka' u raju
Kad in život uzme miru
A moje i' ruke smiru
U kamenu vično traju.

E lipi moji, zna kamen siv
Ja san škarpelin otka' san živ
Meni je kamen i kruh i križ
Ja san škarpelin, dlito i friž

Sve prežence bogatune
Siromaje i šporkune
Sve san ovon rukon klesa
U kamenu sve in piše
Bili pa i' nima više
Otišli su na nebesa

Živi kamen tvrda stina
Kruh pokora o' davnina
Moju ruku lipo sluša
Kad ga špican oli drican
Macolon i puntarolon
U njemu je moja duša

E lipi moji, zna kamen siv
Ja san škarpelin otka' san živ
Meni je kamen i kruh i križ
Ja san škarpelin, dlito i friž

E lipi moji, zna kamen siv
Ja san škarpelin otka' san živ
Ja san škarpelin otka' san živ

The Stonemason

I give my whole life
I chisel, I polish, I sculpt
White stone, gray stone
There have already been presidents
Officials, laborers,
My clients.

Old ladies, young whores
Prima donnas and shinjors
They act so holy
When life takes its toll
And my hands have been stilled
They will live forever in stone.

Oh my dear, the gray stone knows
I have been a stonemason since I was born
Stone is my bread and my cross
I am a stonemason, a chisel and a hammer

All the rich men
The poor and the dirty ones
I carved them all with my own hand
Everything is written in stone
White or not, they're gone
They've gone to heaven

Living stone, hard stone
A crust of bread from ancient times
It serves my hand well
When I sharpen or carve it
Macolon and puntarolon
My soul is in them

Oh my dear, the gray stone knows
I have been a stonemason since I was born
Stone is my bread and my cross
I am a stonemason, a chisel and a hammer

Oh my dear, the gray stone knows
I have been a stonemason since I was born
I have been a stonemason since I was born