| 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! |