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No el coneixia de res

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NO EL CONEIXIA DE RESI DIDN'T KNOW HIM AT ALL
  
No el coneixia de res.I didn't know him at all.
Companys em diguerenSome friends told me
que havia fet cinc anys de presóhe had spent five years in prison
arran d'una vagabecause of a strike
en mil nou-cents seixanta-tres.in nineteen sixty-three.
  
Fou després d'un recitalIt was after a recital
amb censura i amb permís,permitted but censored,
com fèiem els recitalsas recitals were held
llavors en aquest paísthen in this country
que sembla tan indecís.which seems so indecisive.
  
De tantes coses parlàrem,We talked of so many things;
del que hem viscut i del que viurem,of what we had lived and what we will live,
del mal que ens han vingut fent,of the wrong they have been doing to us,
del poc que hem après encara,of the little we have learned so far,
del molt que ja hauríem de saber.of the much we should already know.
  
Moltes vegades recordeI often remember
les paraules que ell va dir,the words he said,
que només uns quants sentíremwhich only a few of us heard
entre els riures dels companys,among the laughter of friends,
paraules que ara vos dic:words which I tell you now.
"Si només els rics estudien,"If only the rich study,
només els rics sabran,only the rich will know;
ens enganyaran amb qualsevol cosa:they will trick us with anything:
unes mamelles en cromo,pictures of tits,
uns culs fotografiats,photographed bums,
quatre paraules solemnesfour solemn words
i un futbol manipulat".and a rigged football match."
  
No el coneixia de res.I didn't know him at all.
Companys em diguerenSome friends told me
que havia fet cinc anys de presóhe had spent five years in prison
arran d'una vagabecause of a strike
en mil nou-cents seixanta-tres.in nineteen sixty-three.


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