| No he volgut mai avorrir-vos
| I never wanted to bore you
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| (la veritat no és per cantar)
| (the truth is not to sing)
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| Però, perdoneu-me, avui us porto
| But forgive me, I'm taking you today
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| El més cert que sé que hi ha
| The most true I know there is
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| Les estrelles venen, van
| The stars come and go
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| Cremen ràpid o amb els anys
| They burn fast or over the years
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| I, com els últims raigs del sol, desapareixen
| And, like the last rays of the sun, they disappear
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| De lluny es veu la glòria
| Glory can be seen from afar
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| Però no serveix de molt si no es sap compartir
| But it doesn't help much if you don't know how to share
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| Feu-me contenta uns minuts, escolteu una història
| Make me happy for a few minutes, listen to a story
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| De com es perd la gent
| Of how people get lost
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| Per uns aplaudiments
| For some applause
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| Es juguen la salut, es venen les mares
| Health is at stake, mothers are being sold
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| I un és coronat i un és destrossat i un desapareix en el combat
| And one is crowned and one is shattered and one disappears into battle
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| Però molts han vist de tot!
| But many have seen it all!
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| Passant la vida en sales buides i envelats de mala mort
| Spending his life in empty rooms and awnings of bad death
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| I tots tenen una història
| And they all have a story
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| N’hi ha que esclaten joves
| Some of them are young
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| Abans que el temps les posi a lloc
| Before time puts them in place
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| Després arriba algú dient
| Then someone comes and says
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| Que tot plegat és decadent
| That all this is decadent
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| Que ja li toca a una altra gent
| It's up to other people
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| Però mai sabran el mal que fa
| But they will never know how bad it is
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| Que el propi nom se’t faci estrany
| Strange for the name itself
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| O els anys llargs oblidant-te del que saps molt bé:
| Or the long years forgetting what you know very well:
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| Que ets una ombra del passat per nostàlgics i tarats
| That you are a shadow of the past for nostalgic and silly
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| I busques solucions, vols ser valenta
| And you look for solutions, you want to be brave
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| Potser dient-te
| Maybe telling you
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| Que mai vas veure els ulls
| That you never saw the eyes
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| Dels joves, decidits
| Of the young, determined
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| Que volien un autògraf
| They wanted an autograph
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| O ficar-se't dins el llit
| Or get in bed
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| I van ser molts que van venir
| And there were many who came
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| Però no et vas creure mai que t’estimaven
| But you never thought they would love you
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| Mai
| May
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| N’hi ha que esclaten velles
| Some are old
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| Potser eren de pell dura i han pogut seguir lluitant
| Maybe they were tough-skinned and have been able to keep fighting
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| O potser no entenen bé què està passant
| Or maybe they just don't understand what's going on
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| Les estrelles venen, van
| The stars come and go
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| Cremen ràpid, triguen anys
| They burn fast, take years
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| I com els últims raigs del sol, desapareixen
| And like the last rays of the sun, they disappear
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| Escolteu una història
| Listen to a story
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| Hi ha cossos que els altres volen mirar
| There are bodies that others want to look at
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| I es posen a l’aparador!
| And they're in the window!
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| Hi ha guitarristes excel·lents
| There are great guitarists
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| Crec que escoltant-los sabria morir
| I think by listening to them I would know how to die
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| Però tant se val
| But it's worth it
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| Això no és el que he vingut a dir
| That’s not what I came to say
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| Jo vull explicar una història
| I want to tell a story
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| Perquè tots tenim històries
| Because we all have stories
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| La Janis Ian va explicar-la molt bé
| Janis Ian explained it very well
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| La Nina Simone va fer-ho millor encara!
| Nina Simone made it even better!
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| I les estrelles les segueixen esclatant
| And the stars keep exploding
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| I apagant-se en la cançó que mai acaba!
| And turning off the song that never ends!
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| I totes tenen una història!
| And they all have a story!
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| I totes tenen una història!
| And they all have a story!
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| I totes tenen una història! | And they all have a story! |