Translation of the song Si no fos per tu artist Joan Manuel Serrat
Si no fos per tu
If it weren't for you
Si no fos per tu, m'hauria mort de gana
If it weren't for you, I would have died of hunger
abans de perdre la salut;
before losing my health;
si no fos per tu, que em poses plat a la taula
if it weren't for you, who puts my plate on the table
quan d'altres per tot ajut
when others for all help
donen bons consells
give good advice
i sàvies paraules
and wise words
i et deixen sol i en dejú.
and they leave you alone and in fasting.
M'esperava el trist final de la cigala
The sad end of the cigar was waiting for me
si no fos per tu.
if it weren't for you.
Si no fos per tu, segur que no tindria
If it weren't for you, I'm sure that I wouldn't have
on enfonsar les arrels
a place to bury the roots
ni un cobert on raure ni una bona guia
nor a covering for shelter nor a a good guide
per anar i tornar al setè cel
to go and return from seventh heaven
i els fills que escampés
and the children I sowed
no els coneixeria,
I wouldn't know them,
res meu viuria en ningú.
nothing mine would live in no one.
Jo seria un altre i ningú no ho sabria
I would be another and nobody would know it
si no fos per tu.
if it weren't for you.
Si no fos per tu, que arreplegues els trossos
If it weren't for you, who cleans up the pieces
després de la tempestat
after the storm
i em fas companyia quan borden els gossos
and keeps me company while the dogs bark
en el cor de la ciutat,
in the heart of the city,
tu que del mirall
you who from the mirror
ullerós em mires
looks at me baggy-eyed
renyant-me de bon matí
lecturing me early in the morning
per maltractar una vida que mai no tindries
for mistreating a life that you would never have
si no fos per mi.
if it weren't for you.
Si no fos per mi, ¿qui et rescataria
If it weren't for me, who would rescue you
de tanta vulgaritat?
from so much vulgarity?
Feines, compromisos, rutines, família,
Work, compromises, routine, family,
municipi i sindicat.
township and trade union.
És per això que em dons
It is for this that you give me
crèdit i valença,
credit and support,
casa, dona, pa i abric.
home, wife, bread and coat.
Ja m'explicaràs qui series sense
You'll let me know who you'd be
el teu íntim enemic.
without your intimate enemy.