En La Que El Bernat Se’t Troba
I ahir a la nit vam conèixer tres dones altes i elegants
I amb una em vaig posar d'acord
Vam conversar, vam riure i hem fet l'amor.
I m'ha parlat del seu país i de les coses que fa aquí
Amb un castellà força estrany, sorprenentment fluid.
"quin nas més gros que tens". m'ha dit,
La dona alta des del llit, i a la paret ha assenyalat
Un quadre verd que de nena havia pintat.
I "que bonic! que bonic! que bonic!" m'he dit,
Quina nena més dolça devia ser,
Quin plaer haver-la pogut conèixer fa molt de temps.
"si tanques els dos ulls", m'ha dit,
"si et quedes quiet a dins del llit, t'ensenyaré una cançó
Que a casa em cantaven per anar a dormir.
Parla d'un bosc i d'un senyor que hi viu aïllat entre oms i flors
I es protegeix dels mals humans amb un exercit d'animals"
I "que bonic! que bonic! que bonic!" m'he dit,
I quina veu més fina que té,
Quin plaer haver-la pogut conèixer fa molt de temps.
Però el bernat m'ha dit que t'ha vist per barcelona,
Que t'acompanyava un home molt alt,
Que li has preguntat si encara ens freqüentàvem
I que m'envies molts records.
In Which Bernat Finds You
And last night we met three tall and elegant women
And with one I agreed
We talked, we laughed, and we made love
And she told me about her country and the things she does here
With a quite strange, surprisingly fluent Spanish.
'What a big nose you have,' she said,
The tall woman from the bed, and pointed to the wall
At a green painting she had done as a girl.
And 'how beautiful! how beautiful! how beautiful!' I said to myself,
What a sweet girl she must have been,
What a pleasure to have met her a long time ago.
'If you close both eyes,' she said,
'If you stay still in bed, I'll teach you a song
That they sang to me at home to go to sleep.
It talks about a forest and a lord who lives isolated among elms and flowers
And protects himself from evil humans with an army of animals'
And 'how beautiful! how beautiful! how beautiful!' I said to myself,
And what a delicate voice she has,
What a pleasure to have met her a long time ago.
But Bernat told me he saw you in Barcelona,
That you were with a very tall man,
That you asked him if we still saw each other
And that you send me many regards.