Translation of the song La sargantana de dues cues artist Catalan Folk
La sargantana de dues cues
The Two-tailed Lizard
Voleu saber un conte?
Do you want to hear a story?
Jo bé us lo diré;
I will gladly tell it to you;
No en vull cap pesseta,
I don't want any pesetas,
Tampoc cap diner.
Nor any other currency.
Çò que em convindria:
What would suit me best:
Un got d'aiguardent
A liquor glass
I, després, lo conte
And, after that, the story
Ja'l 'nirem dient.
We shall tell it slowly.
Busqueu sargantanes
Look for lizards
Per los pedreguers:
In the rocky fields:
Si fan dues cues,
If they have two tails,
Valen molts diners!
They are worth a lot of money!
A Gòsol les compren
In Gòsol, they buy them
I en paguen bon preu.
And they pay a good price for them.
Busqueu sargantanes,
Look for lizards,
Minyons, si en trobeu!
Young lads, if you can find them!
D'una sargantana,
For a lizard,
En una ocasió,
In one occasion,
N'han dat dotze duros:
They gave sixty pounds: 1:
Val més que un moltó.
It's worth more than a sheep.
I ara se'ls ha morta...
And now, it has died on them...
Ai, quin desconsol!
Oh, such sorrow!
Per una sargantana
Over a lizard
N'hauran de dur dol!
They will have to be in mourning!
Aquesta gent n'eren
These people were
Un xic enlletrats
A little bit uneducated
I ara, se'ls enriuen
And now, they are mocking them
Que'ls han enganyat.
For they've been deceived.
Lo qui és més de plànyer,
He who deserves the most pity,
En pobre Jaumet
Is poor Lil' James
Qui no en sap, de lletra,
Who doesn't know how to read,
I es creu aquest fet!
And believes this as fact!
En Jaumet rumia:
Lil' James thinks:
«Per ser ramader
'In order to be a cattle breeder
En comprarem mascles
We shall buy rams
I moltons, també.»
And sheep, as well'.
«Seguirem la terra,
'Well go across the land,
Andorra i Pallars
To Andorra and Pallars
I, a totes les fires,
And, in every cattle market,
Ficarem lo nas.»
We shall stick our noses'.
Gòsol és un poble
Gòsol is a town
On no n'hi han senyors...
Where there aren't any gentlemen...
I ara, jo em penso
And now, I believe
Que n'hi tindrem dos.
That there will be two of them.
Duran geca llarga
They'll wear long coats
I barret rodó,
And bowler hats,
I en nós retrobar-los
And upon meeting them
Los direm senyor!
We shall call them sir! 2