Gora ta gora beti

White is always white

Gora ta gora beti

White is always white,Gora ta gora beti,
white like Lapurdi!haik gora Lapurdi!
Basque keeps us aliveEuskerak bizi gaitu
and long may it live.eta bizi bedi.

Up goes the sharp capitalGorantza doa agudo kapitala
and Lapurdi is always dull,eta Lapurdi beti dago apala,
the world is full of lies,aldrebesturik dago mundu zitala,
if we don't conformkonformatzen ez bagara
it's a mortal sin!ze pekatu mortala!

Ours is not a normal way of lifeGurea ez da bizi-modu normala
the land is worked with sweat and shovel,lurra lantzeko haitzurra eta pala,
in exchange for work, we get reality.lanaren truke kobratzen erreala.
Truly miserableBenetan da miserable
is the Basque newspaper.euskaldunon jornala.

You can't live like that in the world,Munduan ezin bizi daiteke hala,
everything goes up in markets,merkatuetan dena gora doala,
home and soup completely clear,etxera eta zopa guztiz argala,
the oil of criseskriseiluen oiloa
is not a formal dessert.ez da postre formala.

A loyal worker and farmer,Obrero eta nekazari leiala,
yours is not a liberal income.zuena ez da errenta liberala.
Dirty money like little wormsDiru zikinak putre motzak bezala
they throw over youbotatzen dizu gainera
their shadow there.hortxe bere itzala.

Owners have a strong conscience,Jabeek dute kontzientzi zabala,
they have trampled on our land,kaskatu dute gure lurren azala,
but Lapurdi is not so servile;baina Lapurdi ez da hain zerbitzala;
the dirt is cleanburruka garbian dago
that's the main thing.hori da printzipala.