Translation of the song Havanera del comiat artist Catalan Folk

[Tornada:]

[Chorus:]

M'acomiado, me n'haig d'anar!

I'm saying goodbye, I must leave!

Faig com feia l'havanera,

I do as havanera songs did,

Travessant el gran oceà

Crossing the great ocean

Però sense oblidar

But without forgetting

D'on sóc, ni d'on era.

Where I am from, not where I came from.

L'havanereta blanca

The white maiden from Havana

Dels meus records...

In my memories...

Princesa, va de nits d'Estiu vestida;

Princess, she is all dressed up in Summer nights;

Donzella perfumada de rom cremat,

A damsel all perfumed with burned rum,

Embriaga l'enamorat

She intoxicates her lover

I, a tots, endolceix la vida!

And makes everyone's life, much sweeter!

La vida...

Life...

Quan jo era xic,

When I was a little child,

Cantaven a Tamarit

They'd sing in Tamarit

El Mosso, en Dinyo i n'Aberlado

Mosso, Dinyo and Aberlado

I, entre havaneres, passava el temps;

And, among songs, time would pass;

Els pares deien «anem!»

My parents woudl say 'Let's go!'

I jo els hi deia «no tardo!».

And I'd reply to them 'I won't be long!'.

No tardo!

I won't be long!

[Tornada:]

[Chorus:]

M'acomiado, me n'haig d'anar!

I'm saying goodbye, I must leave!

Faig com feia l'havanera,

I do as havanera songs did,

Travessant el gran oceà

Crossing the great ocean

Però sense oblidar

But without forgetting

D'on sóc, ni d'on era.

Where I am from, not where I came from.

Malaguanyada, doncs,

Thus, the moment of goodbye

L'hora dels adéus

Was so ill-fated

I aquells qui partiren vers l'exili!

For those who departed to exile!

Jo, sí puc tornar a la vora dels meus,

I am able to return and live by my loved ones,

Però molts pregaren als déus

But many prayed to the gods

Sense rebre'n mai, d'auxili!

Without ever receiving any succour from them!

Auxili...

Succour...

Sempre recordarem

We shall always remember

Els qui ens van deixar,

Those who left us,

I que mai no ens falli la memòria!

And may our memory never fail!

Són ells defensors d'aquesta nació,

They're this nation's defenders,

Pares d'una tradició

Forefathers of a tradition

Que forma la nostra història!

That has created our history!

[Tornada:]

[Chorus:]

M'acomiado, me n'haig d'anar!

I'm saying goodbye, I must leave!

Faig com feia l'havanera,

I do as havanera songs did,

Travessant el gran oceà

Crossing the great ocean

Però sense oblidar

But without forgetting

D'on sóc, ni d'on era...

Where I am from, not where I came from...