| I ahir a la nit vam conèixer tres dones altes i elegants
| And last night we met three tall, elegant women
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| i amb una em vaig posar d’acord
| and I agreed with one
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| vam conversar, vam riure i hem fet l’amor.
| we talked, laughed, and made love.
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| I m’ha parlat del seu país i de les coses que fa aquí
| And he told me about his country and the things he does here
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| amb un castellà força estrany, sorprenentment fluid.
| with a rather strange, surprisingly fluent Spanish.
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| «Quin nas més gros que tens». | "What a bigger nose you have." |
| m’ha dit,
| he told me
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| la dona alta des del llit, i a la paret ha assenyalat
| the woman high from the bed, and on the wall has pointed
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| un quadre verd que de nena havia pintat.
| a green picture he had painted as a child.
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| I «Que bonic! | And “How beautiful! |
| Que bonic! | How nice! |
| Que bonic!"M'he dit,
| How beautiful! ”I said to myself,
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| quina nena més dolça devia ser,
| what a sweet girl she must be,
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| quin plaer haver-la pogut conèixer fa molt de temps.
| what a pleasure to have met her so long ago.
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| «Si tanques els dos ulls», m’ha dit,
| "If you close both eyes," he told me,
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| «si et quedes quiet a dins del llit, t’ensenyaré una cançó
| "If you stay in bed, I'll show you a song
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| que a casa em cantaven per anar a dormir.
| that at home they sang to me to go to sleep.
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| Parla d’un bosc i d’un senyor que hi viu aïllat entre oms i flors
| He talks about a forest and a gentleman who lives in it isolated among elms and flowers
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| i es protegeix dels mals humans amb un exercit d’animals»
| and protects itself from human evil with an army of animals "
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| I «Que bonic! | And “How beautiful! |
| Que bonic! | How nice! |
| Que bonic!"m'he dit,
| How beautiful! "I said to myself.
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| i quina veu més fina que té,
| and what a finer voice he has,
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| quin plaer haver-la pogut conèixer fa molt de temps.
| what a pleasure to have met her so long ago.
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| Però el Bernat m’ha dit que t’ha vist per Barcelona,
| But Bernat told me he saw you in Barcelona,
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| que t’acompanyava un home molt alt,
| accompanied by a very tall man,
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| que li has preguntat si encara ens freqüentàvem
| that you asked him if we were still dating
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| i que m’envies molts records. | and that you send me many memories. |