Manel — La cançó del soldadet song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La cançó del soldadet" by Manel.
Lyrics
Escolteu la cançó del soldadet
Que a través d’un ull de bou
Veu que volen uns falciots!
I no és que hi entengui molt, el soldadet
Però, que volin els falciots
Deurà voler dir que la terra és a prop
I tan a prop deu ser que baixa el capità
I intenta no semblar nerviós
Mentre acaba la instrucció:
«Concentreu-vos, soldadets, sigueu prudents
I arrapeu-vos a la vida
Amb les ungles i amb les dents»
Ja a coberta, els homes resen
Ja a coberta, els homes resen
I fa un amén, poc convençut, el soldadet
I acaricia el seu fusell
Intentant no pensar en res
Des de proa es van fent grossos els turons
«soldadet, valor, valor
Que depèn de gent com tu la sort del món»
Però «si una bala enemiga creua el vent
I em travessa el cervell»
Es planteja el soldadet
«les onades m’arrossegaran
I mil peixos de colors
Lluitaran per devorar la meva carn»
I és quan pensa «jo m’amago;
Quan no mirin, jo m’amago»
Però sempre miren, i el vaixell s’està aturant
Les comportes s’han obert
I, en un segon, s’inunda el mar
De soldats disparant a l’infinit
Amb un soldadet al mig
Que carrega mentre insulta a l’enemic
I entre bomba i bomba tot li va prou bé
Fins que una cau just al costat
Primer es diu «sort, de què t’ha anat…»
Però després sent a l’esquena un dolor estrany
I en tocar-se-la li queda tot el braç tacat de sang
Gira el cap a banda i banda
Seu a la sorra i descansa
I mentre arriba el coi de metge, el soldadet
Es tranquil·litza repetint
Què farà, on anirà, si sobreviu:
«Aniré a ma mare ben vestit
I, abans que res, li hauré de dir
Que em perdoni per tractar-la sempre així;
Aniré a la Margarida a fer-li un fill
Per, només veure’l, intuir
Que l’estimo més del que m’estimo a mi»
Lyrics translation
Listen to the song of the little soldier
That through a bull's eye
Voice that want some swifts!
And it is not that it understands very much, the little soldier
But, that flying common swifts
Must mean that the earth is near
And so close, must be that low the captain
And try not to seem nervous
While the end of the instruction:
"Concentreu you, soldadets, be cautious
And arrapeu you to the life
With nails and with teeth»
Already on the deck, men pray
Already on the deck, men pray
And amen, unconvinced, the little soldier
And fondles his rifle
Trying not to think about anything
From bow were doing big hills
"little soldier, value, value
That depends on people like you the luck of the world»
But "if a bullet enemy crosses the wind
And I crosses the brain»
It raises the little soldier
"the waves I drag
And a thousand colorful fish
We battle to devour my flesh»
And it is when you think "I amago;
When you do not look, I amago»
But always look, and the ship is stopping
The floodgates have been opened
And, in a second, they flooded the sea
Of soldiers shooting at infinity
With a little soldier in the middle
That load while he insults the enemy
And between bomb and bomb everything was well enough
Until one falls right next to
The first is called "lucky, how you been…»
But after being in the back a pain strange
And in touching it he is all the arm spattered with blood
Turn your head to the side
Its on the sand and relax
And while it reaches the ioc of the doctor, the little soldier
It is reassuring repeating
What will he do, where go, if it survives:
"I will go to my mother well dressed
And, before anything else, you have to say
You forgive me for treating it always as well;
I will go to the Margarita to make it a son
For, only see it, intuit
That I love her more than I love me»