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lirik lagu lluis llach – l’estaca

i took a lot of artistic liberties in this translation, but i am open to suggestions! the meaning and the feeling of the original can never be 100% reproduced, but we shouldn’t let that stop us from trying to produce something with stand-alone value. this is poetry. i believe that it is important to render a translation that’s more than an awkward-sounding lyrical cheat sheet
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l’estaca
(the post)

pa’ siset spoke to me softly
one morning just before dawn
light danced beneath the horizon
as cars p-ssed our door and were gone
–l’avi siset em parlava
–de bon matí al portal
–mentre el sol esperàvem
–i els carros veiem p-ssar

siset, can’t you see that post there
to which we’re tethered and locked?
unless these chains can be broken
we’ll never be able to walk!
–siset, que no veus l’estaca
–on estem tots lligats?
–si no podem desfer-nos-en
–mai no podrem caminar!

but if we pull you’ll see it fall
it cannot last much more at all
you’ll see it tumble, tumble, tumble
crumbling down you’ll hear us call
–si estirem tots ella caurà
–i molt de temps no pot durar
–segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
–ben corcada deu ser ja

i grab my chains and pull for you
pick up your chains and pull for me
you’ll see it tumble, tumble, tumble
only then will we be free
–si jo l’estiro fort per aquí
–i tu l’estires fort per allà
–segur que tomba, tomba, tomba
–i ens podrem alliberar

siset, it’s been a long while now
my hands are starting to slip
as my strength begins to leave me
the post still retains its firm grip
–però, siset, fa molt temps ja
–les mans se’m van escorxant
–i quan la força se me’n va
–ella és més ampla i més gran

it’s clear that the core has all rotted
it weighs us all down just the same
when my strength starts to betray me
your song helps to lessen the strain:
–ben cert sé que està podrida
–però és que, siset, pesa tant
–que a cops la força m’oblida
–torna’m a dir el teu can’t:

as grandpa siset drew his last breath
a cold wind took him from this world
god knows where, but what’s clear is
that i still sit here by the door
–l’avi siset ja no diu res
–mal vent que se l’emportà
–ell qui sap cap a quin indret
–i jo a sota el portal

as i watch the children p-ss on by
i sing without a second thought
the last song that siset wrote
the very last thing that he taught
–i mentre p-ssen els nous vailets
–estiro el coll per cantar
–el darrer can’t d’en siset
–el darrer que em va ensenyar

- lirik lagu lluis llach

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