Respon-me
Lluís Llach
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| Original | English Version by Gustavo Sierra Fernández
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| RESPON-ME | ANSWER ME |
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| Amic que tants de cops em parles, | My friend, you that so many times talk to me |
| aquí assegut, | sitting here, |
| ulls abatuts, | bowed, |
| mai no has sabut | you never has known |
| dir-ne allò just | say the just thing |
| del nostre absurd. | of our absurd. |
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| I avui que tinc el cos ple d'ànsia, | And today that my body is filled with anxiety, |
| la meva sang, | my blood, |
| les meves mans, | my hands, |
| els meus afanys, | my longings, |
| aquests pocs anys | these few years |
| m'estan cridant. | are crying to me. |
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| Qui va vèncer? | Who overcame? |
| Qui dels ferros forjats per les bombes | Who made of the irons wrought by the bombs |
| va fer un poble nou? | a new people? |
| Qui va vèncer? | Who overcame? |
| Qui damunt de tants cossos aixafats | Who upon of so many squashed bodies |
| va aixecar aquella casa per a tothom? | rose a house for everybody? |
| Qui va vèncer? | Who overcame? |
| Qui del llit s'aixeca amb el dret d'anar | Who get up from his bed with the right of walking |
| pel carrer sense sentir por? | in the street without feeling fear? |
| Pots dir-m'ho tu? | Can you tell me? |
| Pots dir-m'ho tu? | Can you tell me? |
| Saps que ningú. | You know it’s nobody. |
| Tots hem perdut, | Everyone of us have lost, |
| tots som vençuts. | everyone of us are beaten. |
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| I amic, renegaràs amb força | And friend, you shall deny with might |
| d'aquesta nit, | this night, |
| de qui som fills, | of which we are the children, |
| d'aquest destí, | of this destiny, |
| del nostre ahir | of our yesterday |
| que ens ha traït. | that has betrayed. |
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| Però, amic, més que buscar respostes, | But, friend, rather than search for answers, |
| cal adreçar | it’s neccesary make ready |
| el foc, la llar, | the fire, the home, |
| hem de guanyar | we have to win |
| tots aquests anys | all these years |
| que estan cridant: | that are crying: |
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| Qui va vèncer? | Who overcame?… |
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