| Hi ha una veu trencada que s’ofega al mig del mar
| There is a broken voice drowning in the middle of the sea
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| Mentre torno amb tren de Barcelona;
| While returning by train from Barcelona;
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| N’hi ha que som turistes i altres només immigrants
| Some of us are tourists and others are just immigrants
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| Un món, dues classes de persones
| One world, two kind of people
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| Hi ha una pell suada que carrega el meu butà
| There's sweaty skin charging my butane
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| Per vint duros mentre faig la sopa;
| For twenty duros while I make the soup;
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| Un món, dues classes de persones
| One world, two kind of people
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| Hi ha un marrec que esmorza
| There is a man who has breakfast
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| Cola d’una bossa
| Glue from a bag
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| Que portava coses
| That he was carrying things
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| Que ell mai no comprarà
| That he will never buy
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| I amb l’olor somia
| And with the smell he dreams
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| Que la sort canvia
| That luck changes
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| I el destí no està fixat
| And the fate is not fixed
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| Hi ha al carrer una noia
| There is a girl in the street
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| Sola i massa jove
| Alone and too young
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| Que a la nit tremola
| That at night it trembles
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| Per guanyar-se el pa
| To earn a living
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| I amb el pas dels dies
| And with the passing of the days
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| Veu que res canvia i que el destí està fixat
| He sees that nothing changes and that fate is fixed
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| Hi ha una llei no escrita que per sempre es complirà
| There is an unwritten law that will forever be fulfilled
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| Tant se val d’on ets si el que ets és pobre;
| It doesn't matter where you are from if what you are is poor;
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| Un món, dues classes de persones | One world, two kind of people |