PERQUÉ M'AN PAS DIT (1972)
(Claude Marti – 1940 - )
Coma totis los mainatges
Som anat a l’escòla
Coma a totis los mainatges
M’an aprés a legir
M’an cantat plan de cançons
M’aprenguèron tant d’istòrias
Lutèce*... Paris... Paris
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
Perqué m’an pas dit
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
Lo nom de mon païs ?
Nos contava lo regent
Aquel grand rei de França
Acaptat davant los paures
Un sant òme aquel sant Loïs
Aimava tota la gent
E voliá pas la misèria
Un sant òme aquel sant Loïs
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
Perqué m’an pas dit
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
Qu’aviá tuat mon païs ?
E quand foguèrem mai grands
Nos calguèt parlar tres lengas
Per far un bon tecnician
Nos caliá cargar tres lengas
E l’anglés e l’alemand
E çò que s’escriu a Roma
Per far un bon tecnician
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
Perqué m’an pas dit
Mas perqué, perqué
M’an pas dit a l’escòla
La lenga de mon païs ?
Benlèu tantas coneissenças
Nos mascan la vertat
Aprendrem sols qu’en la terra
Reina pas la libertat
Sauprem la talent de l’India
E lo dòl dels Africans
E la mòrt de Guevara
Mas perqué, perqué
An pas dit a l’escòla
Perqué an pas dit
Mas perqué, perqué
An pas dit a l’escòla
Lo nom de nòstre païs ? | | WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME
Like all the children
I went to school
Like all the children
I was taught how to read,
They sang me many songs,
They taught me so many stories,
Lutèce… Paris… Paris
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school,
Why didn't they tell me,
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school
The name of my country?
The teacher would tell us
About this great king of France,
Lowering himself before the poor,
A holy man, that Saint Louis,
He loved everybody
And didn't want poverty,
A holy man, that Saint Louis,
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school,
Why didn't they tell me,
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school
That he'd killed my country?
And when we grew up,
We had to speak three languages
To be a good technician,
We had to learn three languages,
English and German
And what is written in Rome
To be a good technician.
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school,
Why didn't they tell me,
But why, why
Didn't they tell me at school
The language of my country?
Maybe so much knowledge
Hides the truth from us,
We'll learn by ourselves that on earth,
Liberty doesn't reign
We'll know about India's hunger,
The Africans' pain
And Guevara's death.
But why, why
Didn't they tell at school,
Why didn't they tell,
But why, why
Didn't they tell at school
The name of our country? |