Zapalduen Olerkia

The Burnt Poem

Zapalduen Olerkia

In this invisible townHerri ikustezin hontan
playing with shadowsitzalekin jolasten
I try to beneu izaten saiatzen,
the rest is bittergeroa margozten.

All my weaknessesNire ezintasun denak
sing again oncebehin da berriz kantatzen,
feeling the sunrise closeegunsentia hurbilao sentitzen.

We all don't tellDenok ez dugu berdin
the same storykontatzen istoria,
it's hard to understandzaila da ulertzea
the truth of othersbestearen egia.

But I want to singBaina kantatu nahi dut
the burnt poemzapalduen olerkia,
covering all the woundsestalita duten samin guztia.

To empty beds, to the mother's tearsOhe hutsei, amaren malkoei,
to the fleeting time that steals from uslapurtzen diguten denbora iheskorrari,
to the heavy burdens, to the father's fearsburdin hotsei, aitaren beldurrei,
to those we suffer for...sufritzen dugunoi...

From childhood we hearTxikitatik entzuten
what we should bezer izan behar garen,
imposing with forceindarrez inposatuz
what should be lovedzer maitatu behar den.

But I want to singBaina kantatu nahi dut
the burnt poemzapalduen olerkia,
covering all the woundsestalita duten samin guztia.

To dear friends, to solitudeLagun minei, bakardadeari,
to each moment left lifelessbizigabe utzitako une bakoitzari,
to those who were, to who we are todayizan zirenei, gaur garenari,
to those who will be...izango direnei...

Tell me, loveEsaidazu maitea
that everything will changedena aldatuko dela,
that tomorrow you'll still be with mebihar ere nirekin egongo zarela
and the ones to comeeta ondorengoek
will never sing this songez dutela sekula kantu hau kantatuko,
rejecting the pain, saying love...malkorik botako, esan maitea...

Say the lazinessEsan laztana
I want to hearentzun nahi dudana
say the friendesan laguna.

To the jokes,Istripuei,
to the bad news,berri txarrei,
to all the friends we lost on the way,bidean galdu ditugun lagun guztiei,
I give everything from us,gugatik dena eman dutenei,
to the wind of freedom, to you, wind,askatasun haizeari, zuei, haizeari,
to you, to you, to you, to you...zuei, zuei, zuei...