Mentires

Lies

Mentires

As much as they promisedTantu como prometieron
that this was not going to happen,qu´esto nun diba a pasar,
that the meadow of this townque la vega d´esti pueblu
no one was going to touch...naide la diba a tocar...

And the machinery arrivedY llegó la maquinaria
with sharpened teeth,colos dientes afilaos,
knocking down all the hedges,derribando toles sebes,
damaging all the meadows.estropiando tolos praos.

For cutting a few holm oaksPor cortar unos carrascos
from my hedgede la sebe´l mió mayáu
they give me a couple of years in prisonéchenme un par d´años presu
and a hefty fine...y una multa de cuidáu...

They filled it with wolvesEnllenáronlo de llobos
that end up with my cattleque m´acaben col ganáu
and wild boarsy ta estrao de xabalinos
struggling through the meadows.esfozando pelos praos.

The councilor said no,La conseyera dixo que non,
that they are not to blame,qu´ellos nun tienen la culpa,
that the order comes from the capital,que la orden vien de la capital,
that they don't have a say in this.que nesto nun manden ná.

Lies, just lies,Mentires, mentires ná más,
there's no one who tells the truth.nun hai naide que diga una verdá.

I've been waiting for ten yearsDiez años llevo esperando
for them to give me the subsidyque me den la subvención
to fix up the barn a bitp´arreglar un poco l´horru
but the poor man has already fallen...pero el probe yá cayó...

They say there's no budget,Dicen que nun hai presupuestu,
that it can't cover everything;que pa too nun pue alcanzar;
but they spend it on feastspero gástenlo en fartures
at the expense of others.a costa de los demás.

The councilor said no...La conseyera dixo que non...

Lies, just lies,Mentires, mentires ná más,
there's no one who tells the truth.nun hai naide que diga una verdá

Where, where are you going, glutton?¿Pa ónde, pa ónde vas, fartón?
-Well, I have an inauguration.-Pues tengo una inauguración.