AUTHOR: Llu¡s Llach



- Submitted by Albert Cla

(translation is not accurate, but... you get the meaning ;) )

- Thanks to Joan Bofill for giving the lyrics.

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El bandoler The brigand

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En el segle dinou, in nineteen century

amb el nom de Joan Serra with the name of Joan Serra

es coneix un bandoler is known a brigand,

per tothom en La Pera. for everybody 'La Pera'.



Li agradava la sang He liked the blood

i el xiprer encara recorda and the cypress still remembers

els precs que all... han demanat prayers who have asked there

pietat, pietat. for piety, piety



"No em mateu, "Don't kill me

que tinc dos fills i una esposa, I have two children and a wife,

us dar‚ tot mon diner I'll give you all my money

per• no em claveu eixa daga. but don't stick me that dagger



No em mateu, Don't kill me,

us demano per ma mare" I beg it for my mother

"Reseu l'£ltim 'crec en Deu'" "Say your last credo"

"Pietat, pietat" "Piety, piety"



L'endem... Next day,

davant la Verge del Carme in front of the Verge del Carme

de genolls est... pregant on his knees he's praying

i a dos ciris enc‚n la flama. and to two wax candles burns the flame.



Per• altre cop But again

per camins i per muntanyes thru roads and thru mountains

se senten els forts crits loud screams are heard

de la gent que en La Pera mata. the ones who La Pera kills



"No em mateu, "Don't kill me

que tinc dos fills i una esposa, I have two children and a wife,

us dar‚ tot mon diner I'll give you all my money

per• no em claveu eixa daga. but don't stick me that dagger



No em mateu, Don't kill me,

us demano per ma mare" I beg it for my mother

"Reseu l'£ltim 'crec en Deu'" "Say your last credo"

"Pietat, pietat" "Piety, piety"



Per•, Joan Serra, But, Joan Serra,

avui t'ha mancat la sort today you missed your luck

dos soldats t'han pres ben fort two soldiers have taken you hard

i ara restes entre barrots and now you rest in bars.



L'endem... de bon mat¡ Next day, early in the morning

veu la forca preparada he sees the gallows ready

en La Pera llan‡a un crit La Pera makes a shout

‚s la seva £ltima preg...ria: it's his last prayer:



"Quan jo sigui ben mort "When I'll be pretty dead

i penjat de l'alta forca and hanging at the high gallows

i defalleixi mon cor and my heart decay

i m'aneu a posar a la fossa, and you go to put me down the moat,

que alg£ resi una preg...ria may somebody say a prayer

davant la Verge del Carme in front of the Verge del Carme

i que dos ciris tinguin flama" and may two wax candles flame"



Ning£ no ho va fer. No one did it.





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NOTES:

- It seems to be two versions of this song. This one is the latest.

- La Pera = The Pear.

- eixa=that: nowadays, word EIXA is no used anymore, but in Valencia.

- ma/mon = my: it's less used now.

- Verge del Carme: a Virgin... i don't know more O