L`estaca lyrics

Artist  : Lluis Llach 
Song : L`estaca



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 - Submitted by Albert Cla 
  (translation is not accurate, but... you get
the meaning ;) )
- Thanks to Joan Bofill for giving the lyrics.
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L'estaca                                         
                The stake
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L'avi Siset em parlava(*)                      
Grandpa Siset spoke with me
de bon mat¡ al portal                early in
the morning, in the frontdoor
mentre el sol esper&vem                  while we
were wainting for the sun
i els carros veiem passar.                   and
we saw passing the cars(*)
Siset que no veus l'estaca                  
Siset, don't you see the stake
a on estem tots lligats?                         
   where we all are tied?
Si no podem desfer-la                            
     If we cannot undo it
mai no podrem caminar!                           
we won't be able to walk!
Si estirem tots ella caur&                  If we
all pull it, it will fall
i molt de temps no pot durar,                 
and it can't last much time,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,              
surely it falls, falls, falls,
ben corcada deu ser ja.                        it
must be worm-eatn by now.
Si jo l'estiro fort per aqu¡,                 
If i pull hard towards here,
i tu l'estires fort per all&,                and
you pull it towards there,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,             i'm
sure it falls, falls, falls,
i ens podrem alliberar!                       and
we'll be able to be free!
Per" ja fa molt temps ja!                   But
it's been a long time, now!
Les mans se'm van escorxant!                     
    My hands are peeling!
I quan la for!a se me'n va                       
   And when my force goes
ella s ms ampla i ms gran.                    
   it's wider and bigger.
Ben cert s que est& podrida,                    
  Yes I know it's rotten,
per" s que, Siset, pesa tant,          but you
know, Siset, it's so heavy,
que a cops la for!a m'oblida.                  
sometimes force forgets me.
Torna'm a dir el treu cant:                     
Say me again your singing:
Si estirem tots ella caur&                  If we
all pull it, it will fall
i molt de temps no pot durar,                 
and it can't last much time,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,              
surely it falls, falls, falls,
ben corcada deu ser ja.                        it
must be worm-eatn by now.
Si jo l'estiro fort per aqu¡,                 
If i pull hard towards here,
i tu l'estires fort per all&,                and
you pull it towards there,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,             i'm
sure it falls, falls, falls,
i ens podrem alliberar!                       and
we'll be able to be free!
L'avi Siset ja no diu res               Grandpa
Siset doesn't speak anymore
mal vent que se'l va emportar                   
bad wind who took him away
ell qui sap cap a quin indret                    
     he, who knows where,
i jo aqu¡ sota el portal                       
and me, here under the door
i quan passen els nous vailets                   
and when new boys pass by
estiro el coll per cantar                        
 i strech my neck to sing
el darrer cant d'en Siset                        
     Siset's last singing
lo darrer que em va ensenyar(*)                
the last thing he taught me
Si estirem tots ella caur&                  If we
all pull it, it will fall
i molt de temps no pot durar,                 
and it can't last much time,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,              
surely it falls, falls, falls,
ben corcada deu ser ja.                        it
must be worm-eatn by now.
Si jo l'estiro fort per aqu¡,                 
If i pull hard towards here,
i tu l'estires fort per all&,                and
you pull it towards there,
segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,             i'm
sure it falls, falls, falls,
i ens podrem alliberar!                       and
we'll be able to be free!
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NOTES:
 - Siset is a familiar name for "Narc¡s"
(narc¡s->narciset->ciset/siset)
 - CAR here with the meaning of a horse car, not
a four wheeled one ;)
 - "lo darrer..." that LO is only used in certain
places, it's 'illegal'
   in standard Catalan.