Al Meu País La Pluja
Al meu país la pluja no sap ploure:
o plou poc o plou massa;
si plou poc és la sequera,
si plou massa és la catàstrofe.
Qui portarà la pluja a escola?
Qui li dirà com s'ha de ploure?
Al meu país la pluja no sap ploure.
No anirem mai més a escola.
Fora de parlar amb els de la teua edat
res no vares aprendre a escola.
Ni el nom dels arbres del teu paisatge,
ni el nom de les flors que veies,
ni el nom dels ocells del teu món,
ni la teua pròpia llengua.
A escola et robaven la memòria,
feien mentida del present.
La vida es quedava a la porta
mentre entràvem cadàvers de pocs anys.
Oblit del llamp, oblit del tro,
de la pluja i del bon temps,
oblit de món del treball i de l'estudi.
"Por el Imperio hacia dios"
des del carrer Blanc de Xàtiva.
Qui em rescabalarà dels meus anys
de desinformació i desmemòria?
Al meu país la pluja no sap ploure:
o plou poc o plou massa;
si plou poc és la sequera,
si plou massa és la catàstrofe.
Qui portarà la pluja a escola?
Qui li dirà com s'ha de ploure?
Al meu país la pluja no sap ploure.
In My Country Rain Doesn't Know How to Rain
In my country rain doesn't know how to rain:
either it rains little or it rains too much;
if it rains little it's drought,
if it rains too much it's catastrophe.
Who will bring rain to school?
Who will tell it how to rain?
In my country rain doesn't know how to rain.
We will never go to school again.
Apart from talking to those of your age,
you didn't learn anything at school.
Not even the names of the trees in your landscape,
nor the names of the flowers you saw,
nor the names of the birds in your world,
nor your own language.
At school they stole your memory,
they made a lie of the present.
Life stayed at the door
while we entered as corpses of a few years.
Forgetfulness of the lightning, forgetfulness of the path,
of the rain and good weather,
forgetfulness of the world of work and study.
"For the Empire towards God"
from Carrer Blanc de Xàtiva.
Who will rescue me from my years
of misinformation and forgetfulness?
In my country rain doesn't know how to rain:
either it rains little or it rains too much;
if it rains little it's drought,
if it rains too much it's catastrophe.
Who will bring rain to school?
Who will tell it how to rain?
In my country rain doesn't know how to rain.