Lluís Llach "L'Estaca" lyrics

L'Estaca

L'avi Siset em parlavade bon matí al portalmentre el sol esperàvemi els carros vèiem passar.

Siset, que no veus l'estacaon estem tots lligats?Si no podem desfer-nos-en,mai no podrem caminar!

Si estirem tots, ella caurài molt de temps no pot durar,segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,ben corcada deu ser ja.

Si tu l'estires fort per aquí,i jo l'estiro fort per allà,segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,i ens podrem alliberar.

Però, Siset, fa molt temps ja,les mans se'm van escorxant,i quan la força se me'n vaella és més ampla i més gran.

Ben cert sé que està podridaperò és que, Siset, pesa tant,que a cops la força m'oblida.Torna'm a dir el teu cant.

Si estirem tots, ella caurài molt de temps no pot durar,segur que tomba, tomba, tombaben corcada deu ser ja.

Si tu l'estires fort per aquí,i jo l'estiro fort per allà,segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,i ens podrem alliberar.

L'avi Siset ja no diu res.Mal vent que se l'emportà,- ell qui sap cap a quin indret -i jo a sota el portal.

I mentre passen els nous vailetsestiro el coll per cantarel darrer cant d'en Siset,el darrer que em va ensenyar.

Si estirem tots, ella caurài molt de temps no pot durar,segur que tomba, tomba, tombaben corcada deu ser ja.

Si tu l'estires fort per aquí,i jo l'estiro fort per allà,segur que tomba, tomba, tomba,i ens podrem alliberar.

The Stake

The old Siset talked to meon the porch during dawnwhile we waited for the sunand watched the carts passing by.

Siset, don't you see the staketo which we are all tied?If we can not separate us from it,then we can never walk!

If we all pull, it will falland it will not endure for long,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,it should already be well rotten.

If you pull hard here,and I pull hard there,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,and we can liberate ourselves.

But, Siset, so much time has passed,the hands are being flayed,and when my strength goes away,it will be wider and bigger.

I very well know that it is rotten,but it is just, Siset, that it weighs so muchso that sometimes my strength leaves me.1Tell me your song again.

If we all pull, it will falland it will not endure for long,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,it should already be well rotten.

If you pull hard here,and I pull hard there,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,and we can liberate ourselves.

The old Siset now said nothing.A bad wind came about- he knows towards where -and I went under the porch.

And while the new lads passed by,I stretched my throat to singthe last song of Siset,the last that he taught me.

If we all pull, it will falland it will not endure for long,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,it should already be well rotten.

If you pull hard here,and I pull hard there,it is sure that it falls, falls, falls,and we can liberate ourselves.

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