Jo vinc d'un silenci
Raimon
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JO VINC D'UN SILENCI | I COME FROM A SILENCE |
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Jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
antic i molt llarg, | that's old and very long, |
de gent va alçant-se | of people who keep standing up |
des del fons dels segles, | from the bottom of the centuries, |
de gent que anomenem | of people they call |
classes subalternes, | the subordinate classes; |
jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
antic i molt llarg. | that's old and very long. |
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Jo vinc de les places | I come from the squares |
i dels carrers plens | and the streets full |
de xiquets que juguen | of children playing |
i de vells que esperen, | and old people waiting, |
mentre homes i dones | while men and women |
estan treballant | are working |
als petits tallers, | in the little workshops, |
a casa o al camp. | at home or in the fields. |
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Jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
que no és resignat, | that is not resigned, |
d'on comença l'horta | of where the garden starts |
i acaba el secà, | and the dry land ends; |
d'esforç i blasfèmia | of effort and blasphemy |
perquè tot va mal: | because all goes wrong; |
qui perd els orígens | who loses his origins |
per identitat! | loses identity. |
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Jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
antic i molt llarg, | that's old and very long, |
de gent sense místics | of people with no mystics |
ni grans capitans, | or captains, |
que viuen i moren | who live and die |
en l'anonimat, | in anonymity, |
que en frases solemnes | who have never believed |
no han cregut mai. | in solemn phrases. |
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Jo vinc d'una lluita | I come from a struggle |
que és sorda i constant, | that is deaf and constant, |
jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
que romprà la gent | that will be broken by people |
que ara vol ser lliure | who now want to be free |
i estima la vida, | and love life, |
que exigeix les coses | who demand the things |
que li han negat. | they have been denied. |
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Jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
antic i moolt llarg, | that's old and very long, |
jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
que no és resignat, | that is not resigned, |
jo vinc d'un silenci | I come from a silence |
que la gent romprà, | that the people will break, |
jo vinc d'una lluita | I come from a silence |
que és sorda i constant. | that is deaf and constant. |
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