Indesinenter

Raimon

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Original	Traduzione inglese di Angela Buxton da Cancioneros.com‎
INDESINENTER	INDESINENTER

Nosaltres sabíem	We knew
d'un únic senyor	a single master
i vèiem com	and we've seen how
esdevenia	he became
gos.	a dog.
Envilit pel ventre,	Degraded by his stomach,
per l'afalac al ventre,	by flattery to his stomach,
per la por,	by fear,
s'ajup sota el fuet	he cowers under the whip
amb foll oblit	in foolish oblivion of
de la raó	the right
que té.	he has.
Arnat, menjat	Moth-eaten, full
de plagues,	of pests,
sense parar llepava	he licked unceasingly
l'aspra mà	the rough hand
que l'ha fermat	which has him tied up
des de tant temps	for so long
al fang.	in the mud.
Li hauria estat	It would have been
senzill de fer	easy for him to make
del seu silenci mur	an impenetrable and high wall
impenetrable, altíssim:	of his silence:
va triar	he chose
la gran vergonya mansa	the great gentle shame
dels lladrucs.	of barking.
Mai no hem pogut,	We have never been able,
però, desesperar	though, to give up hope
del vell vençut	of the old defeated one
i elevem en la nit	and in the night we raise
un cant a crits,	shouts in a song,
car les paraules vessen	for the words overflow
de sentit.	with meaning.
L'aigua, la terra,	The water, the earth,
l'aire, el foc	the air, the fire
són seus,	are his,
si s'arrisca d'un cop	if he finally takes the chance
a ser qui és.	of being himself.
Caldrà que digui	He will have to say
de seguida prou,	enough at once,
que vulgui ara	to want now
caminar de nou,	to walk again,
alçat, sense repòs,	upright, without a break,
per sempre més	forevermore
home salvat en poble,	a man saved among the people,
contra el vent.	against the wind.
Salvat en poble,	Saved among the people,
ja l'amo de tot,	now the master of all;
no gos mesell,	no cringing dog
sinó l'únic senyor.	but his own master.

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