Solipsistic soliloquy
(Raimon)
if you say you can only be free,
if they don't notice that you exist,
will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
I was talking to myself and I said:
if you say there are those who've resisted torture
and haven't resisted adulation,
will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
I was talking to myself and I said:
if you say that love is always a huge
question that lovers feed by loving,
will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't .
I was talking to myself and I said:
if you say you aren't envious of their security
and you aren't happy with your doubts,
will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
I was talking to myself and I said:
if you say you aren't Folquet from Marseille
and that singing you remember
what singing you try to forget,
will they understand you ? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
I was talking to myself and I said:
if you say you aren't a flatterer, or a predator,
or competitive, or a sportsman
and that you don't know how to live
in the Hispano-Catalan city where you live,
will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
Talking to myself I've come to an agreement,
provisionally, and I said:
it's better to be misunderstood
than to keep silent.
Will they understand you? Won't they understand you?
No, they won't.
(1996)
Translated: Angela Buxton
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