Original | Traduzione inglese di Diazepan Medina da Lyrics Translate
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QUÈ VOLEN AQUESTA GENT? | WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE WANT |
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De matinada han trucat, | They knocked in the early morning, |
són al replà de l'escala; | they’re on the landing of the stairs; |
la mare quan surt a obrir | when the mother comes to open the door |
porta la bata posada. | she has on her dressing gown. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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«El seu fill, que no és aquí?» | “Isn’t your son here?” |
«N'és adormit a la cambra. | “He’s asleep in his room. |
Què li volen al meu fill?» | What do you want with my son?” |
El fill mig es desvetllava. | The son half wakes up. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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La mare ben poc en sap, | The mother knows very little |
de totes les esperances | about all the hopes |
del seu fill estudiant, | of her student son, |
que ben compromès n'estava. | who was quite committed. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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Dies fa que parla poc | For several days he’s said little |
i cada nit s'agitava. | and every night he’s been restless. |
Li venia un tremolor | A trembling came on |
tement un truc a trenc d'alba. | as he feared a knock at break of dawn. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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Encara no ben despert | Still not wide awake, |
ja sent viva la trucada, | he hears the loud knock |
i es llança pel finestral, | and he throws himself through the window |
a l'asfalt d'una volada. | onto the street at one go. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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Els que truquen resten muts, | Those who knock remain silent, |
menys un d'ells, potser el que mana, | but one of them, perhaps the one in charge, |
que s'inclina pel finestral. | leans out through the window. |
Darrere xiscla la mare. | Behind, the mother screams. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |
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De matinada han trucat, | They knocked early in the morning; |
la llei una hora assenyala. | the law comes at a certain hour. |
Ara l'estudiant és mort, | Now the student is dead, |
és mort d'un truc a trenc d'alba. | he died from a knock at break of dawn. |
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«Què volen aquesta gent | What do these people want |
que truquen de matinada?» | who knock in the early morning? |