Que Volen Aquesta Gent

What Do These People Want

Que Volen Aquesta Gent

In the early morning they calledDe matinada han trucat
They are on the landing of the stairsSón al replà de l'escala
When the mother goes out to openLa mare quan surt a obrir
She wears her robePorta la bata posada

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

Their son, who is not here?El seu fill, que no és aquí?
Is he asleep in the roomN'és adormit a la cambra
What do they want from my son?Què li volen al meu fill?
The middle son was waking upEl fill mig es desvetllava

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

The mother knows very littleLa mare ben poc en sap
Of all the hopesDe totes les esperances
Of her studying sonDel seu fill estudiant
Who was very committedQue ben compromès n'estava

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

For days he has spoken littleDies fa que parla poc
And every night he tossed and turnedI cada nit s'agitava
He had a tremorLi venia un tremolor
Fearing a knock at dawnTement un truc a trenc d'alba

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

Not yet fully awakeEncara no ben despert
He already feels the callJa sent viva la trucada
And he jumps through the windowI es llença pel finestral
To the asphalt in a flightA l'asfalt d'una volada

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

Those who call remain silentEls que truquen resten muts
Except one of them, perhaps the one in chargeMenys un d'ells, potser el que mana
Who leans out the windowQue s'inclina pel finestral
Behind, the mother screamsDarrere xiscla la mare

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?

In the early morning they calledDe matinada han trucat
The clock strikes an hourLa llei una hora assenyala
Now the student is deadAra l'estudiant és mort
He's dead from a knock at dawnN'és mort d'un truc a trenc d'alba

What do these people wantQuè volen aquesta gent
Calling in the early morning?Que truquen de matinada?