Que Volen Aquesta Gent
De matinada han trucat
Són al replà de l'escala
La mare quan surt a obrir
Porta la bata posada
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
El seu fill, que no és aquí?
N'és adormit a la cambra
Què li volen al meu fill?
El fill mig es desvetllava
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
La mare ben poc en sap
De totes les esperances
Del seu fill estudiant
Que ben compromès n'estava
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
Dies fa que parla poc
I cada nit s'agitava
Li venia un tremolor
Tement un truc a trenc d'alba
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
Encara no ben despert
Ja sent viva la trucada
I es llença pel finestral
A l'asfalt d'una volada
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
Els que truquen resten muts
Menys un d'ells, potser el que mana
Que s'inclina pel finestral
Darrere xiscla la mare
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
De matinada han trucat
La llei una hora assenyala
Ara l'estudiant és mort
N'és mort d'un truc a trenc d'alba
Què volen aquesta gent
Que truquen de matinada?
What Do These People Want
In the early morning they called
They are on the landing of the stairs
When the mother goes out to open
She wears her robe
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
Their son, who is not here?
Is he asleep in the room
What do they want from my son?
The middle son was waking up
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
The mother knows very little
Of all the hopes
Of her studying son
Who was very committed
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
For days he has spoken little
And every night he tossed and turned
He had a tremor
Fearing a knock at dawn
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
Not yet fully awake
He already feels the call
And he jumps through the window
To the asphalt in a flight
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
Those who call remain silent
Except one of them, perhaps the one in charge
Who leans out the window
Behind, the mother screams
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?
In the early morning they called
The clock strikes an hour
Now the student is dead
He's dead from a knock at dawn
What do these people want
Calling in the early morning?