He was a child
(Raimon)
the man who today finds himself empty and lost:
friends and loves lived intensely
have slowly made him as he is now.
And he goes alone, and he goes alone, all alone.
He has searched and has not found,
he has fought and has not won,
he has believed, they have tricked him,
he has studied and doesn't know,
he thinks he doesn't know.
Like a memory of words that he has never said,
with vacant eyes that looking are unaware,
like an old yellowing paper, that has been read,
he sees all his past in front of him.
And he goes alone, and he goes alone, all alone.
He has searched and has not found,
he has fought and has not won,
he has believed, they have tricked him,
he has studied and doesn't know,
he thinks he doesn't know.
He was a child, awake and open to the world,
the man who today walks sad and forgotten.
(1978)
Translated: Angela Buxton
El Covard (El cobarde) es el décimo disco publicado por el cantautor catalán Josep Andújar “Sé”. Incluye una habanera titulada Onades dins del cor (Olas en el corazón), escrita por el autor con música de Llorenç Fernández, canción que encarna la esencia de este nuevo trabajo realizado por un artista ligado a sus orígenes, al mar Mediterráneo, a la “Cançó de taverna” y marinera, a una cultura de tierra y mar que tras sus muchos años de oficio sigue aflorando en todas sus composiciones.
El cantautor barcelonés Enric Hernàez ha muerto a los 68 años. Considerado uno de los nombres más personales de la generación posterior a la Nova Cançó, exploró con libertad estilos como el pop, el jazz, la bossa nova y el rock, así como la musicalización de poesía.