| De petit, si em preguntaven | As a child if they asked | 
| "Què vols ser, quan siguis gran?", | "What will you do when you grow up?", | 
| deia allò que s'esperaven | I replied what was expected | 
| els adults del meu voltant: | by adults around me: | 
| bomber, metge, economista, | fireman, doctor, economist, | 
| astronauta, professor, | astronaut, teacher, | 
| funcionari, periodista | civil servant, journalist, | 
| o pilot d'aviació. | or airliner pilot. | 
| I ells em feien bona cara, | They looked pleased at me, | 
| em donaven un car'mel | they gave me a sweet, | 
| i li deien a la mare: | and they told my mother | 
| "Aquest nen és tot un cel!" | "This child is a charm!" | 
| Però m'importava un rave | But I couldn't care less | 
| l'opinió d'aquells cretins | for the opinion of those fools | 
| i en secret acaronava | and I secretly caressed | 
| mil oficis clandestins: | a thousand clandestine jobs: | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| sodomitzador de puces, | flea sodomizer, | 
| caçador d'aigua corrent, | running water hunter, | 
| seductor de nines russes, | Russian doll seducer, | 
| embotellador de vent, | wind bottler, | 
| venedor d'esgarrifances | shiver salesman, | 
| alçador de baixos fons, | underworld lifter, | 
| desarrugador de panses, | raisin uncreaser, | 
| distribuïdor de petons, | kiss distributor, | 
| conductor de calaixeres, | cabinet driver, (cupboard driver), | 
| polidor d'escuradents, | toothpick sharpener, | 
| domador de calaveres, | skull tamer, | 
| bressador de sols ponents, | setting sun cuddler, | 
| psicoanalista de vaques, | cow psychoanalyst, | 
| amplificador de crits, | scream amplifier, | 
| provador de llits i hamaques, | bed and hammock tester, | 
| detector de malparits. | bastard detector. | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| El món és tan depriment, | The world is so depressing, | 
| tan gris, tan convencional... | so gray, so conventional... | 
| Si vols 'nar a contracorrent, | If you want to go against the tide, | 
| pots prendre mal. | you're in harm's way. | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| I vaig créixer, i no volia | And I grew up, and I didn't want | 
| ser enginyer ni ser advocat. | to be engineer nor lawyer. | 
| El meu pare, cada dia | My father, day after day | 
| se'l veia més emprenyat | looked more and more angry | 
| i em cridava: "Ets un desastre, | and shouted at me: "You're a calamity, | 
| un inútil, un gandul! | useless, lazybutt! | 
| Qui vulgui menjar pollastre, | If one wants chicken to eat, | 
| que comenci a moure el cul!" | one should start to move his arse!" | 
| I jo, ofès, li deia: "Papa, | I took offence and replied: "Dad, | 
| prou voldria treballar | I'd quite love to work | 
| si un projecte amb prou de grapa | if a project catching enough | 
| em sabés interessar. | could interest me. | 
| Només m'ofereixen feines | They only offer me jobs, | 
| ensopides i banals. | which are boring and banal. | 
| Jo vull esmolar les eines | I want to sharpen my tools | 
| en oficis immortals: | in immortal jobs: | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| inflador de collonades, | bollock inflator, | 
| llepador d'aparadors, | shopwindow licker, | 
| endolcidor d'arengades, | herring sweetener, | 
| frenador d'atacs de tos, | cough attack averter, | 
| maquillador de mentides, | spin doctor, (lie embelisher) | 
| esgarrapador de gats, | cat scratcher, | 
| provocador d'estampides, | stampede provoker, | 
| unidor d'esquarterats, | quartering victim rejoiner, | 
| qüestionador de certeses, | certainity questioner, | 
| gran pontífex dels bordells, | highest pontiff of the brothels, | 
| productor d'embriagueses, | drunkenness producer, | 
| monitor de vol d'ocells, | bird flight instructor, | 
| circumcisador d'amebes, | amoebe circumcisor, | 
| tallador en sec de singlots, | hiccup interrupter, | 
| desllagrimador de cebes, | onion unweeper, | 
| professor d'estirabots. | slur teacher. | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| El món és tan depriment, | The world is so depressing, | 
| tan malgirbat, tan eixut... | so unfit, so dry... | 
| Si vols 'nar a contracorrent, | If you want to go against the tide. | 
| ho tens pelut! | you're in trouble! | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| M'he fet gran, tinc alguns vicis, | I've grown old, I've got some vices, | 
| no pas el de treballar... | but not the vice of working... | 
| No he exercit mai els oficis | I never practiced the jobs | 
| que m'agrada imaginar. | that I like to imagine. | 
| Diuen: no tenen sortida, | They say: there's no demand | 
| Mai no se'n trauran diners... | No money to be made there... | 
| P'rò somniar, sembla mentida, | But to dream, believe it or not, | 
| si no et mostra el món com és, | if it doesn't show the world as is, | 
| si que et mostra com hauria | shows it as it should be, | 
| de ser, com podria ser | how it could be | 
| si un polsim de fantasia | if a pinch of fantasy | 
| es dignés baixar al carrer. | would allow itself down on the street. | 
| Ara em vaig guanyant la vida | Right now I make a living | 
| fent cançons, però potser, | out of songwriting, but just maybe, | 
| si no deixo anar la brida, | if I don't let go of the reins, | 
| algun dia esdevindré | some day I may become | 
| ================== | =================== | 
| salinitzador de pluges, | rain salter, | 
| llançador de fruits podrits, | rotten fruit thrower, | 
| dietista per a truges, | sow dietist, | 
| acaronador de pits, | breast caresser, | 
| clonador de merda d'oca, | goose shit cloner | 
| tacador de versos blancs | blank verse stainer, | 
| extractor de suc de roca, | stone juicer, | 
| orxatitzador de sangs, | horchata in blood infuser, | 
| desaplicador de normes, | rule deadherer, | 
| ferrador d'ous remenats, | scrambled eggs shoer, | 
| quadrificador de formes | circular form quadraturer, | 
| circulars, escuraplats, | dish emptier, | 
| gondoler al bell mig del Sena, | gondolier in the middle of the Sena, | 
| mesclador de carn i peix, | fish and fowl mixer, | 
| comptador de grans d'arena, | sand grain counter, | 
| creador de mi mateix! | creator of my own self! | 
| =================== | =================== | 
| El món és tan depriment, | The world is so depressing, | 
| tan fred, tan poc elegant... | so cold, so inelegant... | 
| Si vols 'nar a contracorrent, | If you want to go against the tide. | 
| te la fot'ran! | you'll be fucked up! |