Lyrics of Quatre Rius de Sang - Raimon

Quatre Rius de Sang (original)

Com sobre l’arbre sec
I la terra eixuta
Cau la pluja en ple estiu
Voldria que les paraules
Arribassen ací
Quatre rius de sang
Terra polsosa i vella
Corral ple de baralles
Entre els que es diuen germans
És el que hem trobat
Una por immensa
Que ens ha fet callar tant;
Una por immensa
Que encara ens fa callar;
Una por immensa
Que ens ha fet tant de mal
És el que hem trobat
I els quatre rius de sang
Cada vegada més grans
I un espès silenci
Tallaven tantes mans…
I amb tot un passat nostre
Sabem el que volem
Des d’aquesta terra, germans
La dels quatre rius de sang
Terra polsosa i vella
On cre¦xen noves mans
On mils i mils de boques
Cansades de silenci
Es disposen a parlar
Des dels quatre rius de sang

(translation)

As on the dry tree
And the land is dry
It rains in the middle of summer
I wish the words
They arrived here
Four rivers of blood
Old dusty earth
Corral full of fights
Among those who call themselves brothers
That's what we found
An immense fear
That has made us so silent;
An immense fear
That still makes us shut up;
An immense fear
That it has done us so much harm
That's what we found
And the four rivers of blood
Increasingly larger
And a thick silence
They cut so many hands...
And with a whole past of ours
We know what we want
From this land, brothers
The of the four rivers of blood
Old dusty earth
Where new hands grow
Where thousands and thousands of mouths
Tired of silence
They are willing to talk
From the four rivers of blood