Gernika
Andy RobertsOriginale | Translation into Euskadi Basque by Igor: |
GERNIKA It was nineteen thirty seven, the revolution already betrayed But in Catalan and Basque lands,they struggled on, in their seperate ways Now Franco was in with the Luftwaffe, Von Richthoven had an idea If we send in enough of our new heavy aircraft, we can create, mayhem and fear ( blizkrieg, shock and awe ) in Gernika, Gernika untested strategy to bring down a nation in just a few ho-urs let’s just try it and see ( just watch us and see) The first act of modern warfare, where death and destruction come raining down from the air With god and his church backing both sides, they like their bread buttered that way it was decided to saturate Gernica, and they chose to do it on market day more bangs per buck, that’s the market way Gernika Gernika firestorm technology, how much would you need to destroy the whole town let’s just try it and see So you say the General was a monster, and the little Austrian mad but how to explain Sarejevo, and now, what about Bagdhad? We’ve bombs with onboard computers, to liberate the looters Gernika, Gernika, New angle new technology (new precedent, new strategy) What happens after regime change, let’s just suck it and see I just happened to be in Gernika It wasn’t far out of my way I heard the air raid warning siren, I didn’t know it was Gernika day I sang John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, that optimist atheist hymn When I started the Internationale every woman and man, stood up and joined in In English and Spanish and Basque barely legal, Outside the parliament you had to be there, On Gernika day, in Gernika square in Gernika, Gernika, assembled under the tree making plans for Gernika, let’s just try it and see Well the day after the fascists bombed Gernika the marketplace covered with meat the architects of war looked down and they saw a successful experiment with broken hearts and body parts, strewn all over the streets So they continued with Warsaw and Coventry, Then Dresden was razed to the ground In just one night with a blanket of fire, by the RAF bomber command not the last place, to hear that air raid warning sound Then the Germans blitzed East London and the Americans bombed Japan gone nuclear, to increase the fear, Civilian targets They proved that they can, ever since Gernika, Gernika, new precedent, new strategy, what happens after regime change Just watch them and see. Gernika, Gernika, Gathered under the tree, to remind the world about Gernika, in April 2003 With survivors decendents in Gernika, the last fight let us face, For the internationale unites the human race. | GERNIKA Mila bederatzireun ta hogeita hamazazpia zen Iraultza jadanik saldua Baina Katalunian eta Euskal Herrian Borrokan ziharduten, bakoitza berean. Franco Lutwaffe-arekin goxo zen Von Richthoven-ek idea bat izan zuen Nahikoa hegazkin bidaltzen badugu Zalaparta eta beldurra sor dezakegu Bat-bateko erasoa Aztoramendua eta izua. Gernikan, Gernikan Gerrate modernoa deitzen dugun horren lehen urratsa Non heriotza eta txikizioa Zerutik euria legez datozen. Jainkoaren Eliza alde biak babesten Horixe baita gustatzen zaien era Gernika itotzea erabakia zen Eta zeregina, merkatu-egunean Burutzea hautatu zuten Irabazi handiagoak lortuz Horixe da merkatuaren bidea. Gernika, Gernika teknologia badugu Hiri osoak berdintzeko baina honek zer dakarren Ikusteko da. Generala munstroa zela diozu, beraz Eta austriar ttipia, eroa Baina nola azaldu Sarajevo, lehen Eta Bagdad, orain? Gernika, Gernika Azken guda-teknologia Erregimen-aldaketak zer dakarren Ikusteko da. Orain ordenagailudun bonbak badira Arrapakariak askatzeko. Juxtu Gernikan nintzen Ez nebilen urruti Bonbaketa-turruna joarazi zuten Sarri. Gernikaren eguna heldua zen. John Lennon-en “Imagine” abestu nuen Ateoen ereserki baikor hura Internazionala hasi nuenean Emakume zein gizon oro Tentetu eta bat egin zuen Gazteleraz eta apenas legala den euskaraz Juntetxearen kanpoaldean Gernikako plazan. Gernikaren egunean, Gernikan Faxistek Gernika bonbakatu biharamonean Merkatugunea haragiz estalia Gerraren arkitektoak Beherantz begiratu eta ikusi zuten Experimentu arrakastatsua Bihotz zartatuak eta gorpu atalak Kalean barrena. Warsaw eta Coventryrekin jarraitu zuten Dresden lurrarekin berdindua izan zen, ondoren Suzko estalki batez Britainiarren aginduz Ez azken lekua Bonbaketa-turruna entzuten. Alemanek London ekialdea txikitu zuten Amerikarrek Japonia, gero Bonba nuklearrez Beldurra handiagotzeko Jomuga zibilak Ahal dutela frogatu zuten Gernikaz geroztik. |