Translation of the song Gent normal artist Manel

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Gent normal

English translation

Common People

S'havia estat cultivant per Grècia

She had gone to Greece to study culture

i havia après que és tan important viatjar

and she had got to know how important it is to travel.

I jo escoltava i deia sí sí, clar, clar

I listened to her and I said: yes, yes, sure, sure.

Son pare acumulava grans riqueses, vaig dir:

Her father accumulated huge riches. I said:

caram! En aquest cas anul·li, si us plau, la cervesa

Oh, gosh! In that case please cancel the beer

i posi'ns el vi car. Li va semblar genial

and bring us an expensive wine. It seemed great to her;

Va fer un glopet, em va mirar, i va dir:

she took a sip, she looked at me and said:

Vull viure com viuen els altres,

I want to live like the others do,

Vull fer les coses que fa la gent normal

I want to do things that common people do,

Vull dormir amb qui dormen els altres

I want to sleep with the ones other people sleep with,

Ficar-me al llit amb gent normal com tu

I want to go to bed with common people like you.

I assumint aquell paper, vaig dir:

And, assuming that role, I said:

Bé, veurem què s'hi pot fer

Oh well, let’s see what can be done about it.

Vaig passejar-la pel mercat del barri

I took her for a walk to the local marketplace.

Em va semblar un escenari adequat per començar

It seemed to me a good place to start it.

Vaig dir: d'acord. Ara fes veure que no tens ni un duro

I said: Alright. And now pretend you don’t have a dime.

I va riure i va dir: ai quina gràcia, que boig estàs, ets moolt divertit

She laughed out and said: Aw, how funny! What a crazy guy you are! Veeery amusing!”.

Doncs, francament, maca, no em sembla que ningú estigui rient per aquí

„Well, frankly speaking, honey, I don’t think anyone is laughing here.

Ja t'ho has pensat bé això de

Have you really thought over the idea of…

Viure com ho fan els altres

Living like the others do,

Veure les coses que veu la gent normal

seeing things that common people see,

Dormir amb qui dormen els altres

sleeping with the ones other people sleep with,

Ficar-te al llit amb gent normal com jo

going to bed with common people like me?.

Però ella no entenia res, i m'agafava del bracet

But she didn’t understand a thing and she kept hanging onto my arm.

Comparteix pis amb estranys, busca una feina formal

Share a flat with other people, look for a formal job,

Puja al metro pels matins, ves al cine alguna nit

get on the metro in the morning, go to the cinema one night.

Però igualment mai entendràs el què és anar comptant els anys

But you won’t understand either way how it is to count the years,

Esperant la solució, que s'emporti tanta por

hoping for a solution that would ward off fear.

Però tu mai viuràs com viuen els altres

But you’ll never live like the others do,

Ni patiràs com pateix la gent normal

and you’ll never suffer the way common people do.

Mai entendràs el fracàs dels altres,

You’ll never understand other people’s failures,

mai comprendràs com els somnis

you’ll never comprehend how dreams

se'ns van quedant en riure i beure, i anar tirant

can boil down to laughing and drinking and moving on,

i, si es pot, follar de tant en tant

and, if possible, having a fuck from time to time.

Prova a cantar si ho fan els altres,

Try to sing along with the others;

canta fort si et sembla interessant

sing out loud if that’s what interests you.

riu a pulmó si ho fan els altres,

Laugh your head off when the others do so,

però no t'estranyi, si et gires, que riguin de tu

but don’t be surprised if they laugh at you behind your back.

Que no et sorprengui si estan farts

And don’t be baffled if they’ve had enough

de tu jugant a ser com és la gent normal

of you playing at being one of the common people.

Vull dormir amb gent normal com tu,