Euskaldun berriaren balada

Ballad of the New Basque

Euskaldun berriaren balada

I'm from Barakaldo andBarakaldokoa naiz eta
I've got a worker's layoffDaukat paro obrero
That's why I go to Basque classHorregatik euskaltegira
Every single dayNoa ni egunero
My great-grandparents knewEuskaraz bazekien nire
How to speak Basque, you knowBisabueloak edo
But I'm just a dumbassBaina ni roillo hontaz
Still a total zeroOrain arte zero
Every morning, every morningGoizero, goizero
A customer in AEKAEKan bezero
Sometimes I'm crazyBatzuetan ero
Other times I'm hotBesteetan bero
But I don't expectBaina ez dut milagro
Any big miraclesHandirik espero

In the morning, I need thatGoizean goiz hori behar noa
Looking for motivationMotibazio bila
Basque isn't EnglishEuskara ez da ingelesa
But it's not dead, noBaina ez dago hila
I think a lot of daysEgun askotan pensatzen dut
That this is uselessHau dela inutila
I’m not to blameNik ez daukat kulparik
If I’m not skilledEz banaiz abila
This is just a stickHau da hau makila
A ton of verb classesAditz klase pila
A thousand more wordsHitzak beste mila
Come on, dudeAnimo mutila
They say that butEsaten dute baina
It’s not that easyEz da hain fazila

This idea in my headIdeia hau nire buruan
I don’t know when it startedEz dakit noiz hasi zen
But sometimes I’m not hereBaina batzutan ez naiz hemen
Having too much funGehiegi dibertitzen
Four things have one name andLau gauzak izen bat dute eta
One thing has four namesGauza batek lau izen
I’m fed up to the throatKokoteraino nago
Listening to classesKlaseak aditzen
Sticking up stickersPegatak ipintzen
And collecting cashTa dirua biltzen
How I got into thisNola sartu nintzen
I just don’t get itEz dut konprenitzen
Looking for a good jobLan on bat bilatzeko
If it doesn’t help meEz badu serbitzen