Translation of the song lyrics Formigues - Manel

Formigues (original)

Una hermosa plana
Tinguí per bressol
Com la vigatana
No en veu altra el sol
Jo fui la formiga
De son pla i garriga
Del mas oreneta
Del camp rossinyol
Vegí hermoses terres
Més d’una ciutat
M’enfilí a les serres
De l’alt Montserrat
Baixí a Barcelona
La perla amb què l’ona
Enriquí fa segles
L’antic Principat
A casa hi tinc formigues
Vaig trobar-les un matí
Sobre el marbre de la cuina
I cap producte les ha fet fugir
A l’esquerda d’on venien
Vaig flitar un verí mortal
I, al tapar-ho bé amb massilla
Van sortir per la pica del bany
Llavors amb un raig d’aigua les podia reduir
Van perdre-ho tot desconcertades dins un remolí
En quedaven solitàries
I era quasi divertit:
Tan aviat les perdonava
Com les torturava entre dos dits
Però, amb els dies fent setmanes
Vaig sorprendre’n escamots
Al potos de la taula
Fent-se fortes dins d’uns albercocs
I ja no em va fer gràcia fregar en el menjador
Fileres platejades que es perdien pel balcó
I avui, en estirar-me
La foscor duia un brogit
Un silenci de formigues
Ha trencat la calma de la nit
El grapat a la mà dreta
És el que primer he notat
El grapat que s’enfilava
Per l’esquerra, el que m’ha preocupat
I he volgut incorporar-me
I ara estic aquí, ben dret
Els quadrats de gres rellisquen
El guix viu es menja la paret
Les sento com treballen, han pres el passadís
Han bloquejat la porta, no em deixaran sortir
Els sobra l’energia, perseveren dins els nius
Me’n trec de les orelles, de la boca i els narius
A casa hi tinc formigues, van aparèixer un matí
Em falten al respecte, acabaran amb mi!
La Lògica no enganya, la Ciència ens porta aquí
N’empasso moltes més de les que puc pair

(translation)

A beautiful flat
He had a cradle
Like the vigatana
The sun sees no other
I was the ant
Of his flat and garrigue
Of the swallow
From the nightingale field
I saw beautiful lands
More than one city
I climbed the mountains
From the high Montserrat
I went down to Barcelona
The pearl with which the wave
Enriched centuries ago
The old Principality
I have ants at home
I found them one morning
On the kitchen marble
And no product has made them run away
Where they came from
I leaked a deadly poison
And, by covering it well with putty
They went out of the bathroom sink
Then with a splash of water I could reduce them
They lost everything in a whirlwind
They were left alone
And it was almost fun:
As soon as he forgave them
How he tortured them between two fingers
But with the days making weeks
I was shocked
In the pots of the table
Growing up in apricots
And I no longer enjoyed scrubbing in the dining room
Silver rows that were lost on the balcony
And today, when I stretch
The darkness was buzzing
A silence of ants
It has broken the calm of the night
The handful in the right hand
That's what I noticed first
The handful climbing
On the left, what worried me
And I wanted to join
And now I'm right here
The stoneware squares slip
Live plaster eats away at the wall
I feel them working, they've taken the aisle
They have locked the door, they will not let me out
They have enough energy, they persevere in the nests
I take it out of my ears, mouth and nostrils
I have ants at home, they showed up one morning
I miss them, they will kill me!
Logic does not deceive, Science brings us here
I swallow a lot more than I can bear