Qué Bonito Es Badalona
Joan Manuel Serrat
How Beautiful Badalona Is
And that street and that square and that municipal building and that corner and that fountain and that national school and that statue and that bridge and that main road and that dead dog on the roadside and those builders in 'samarreta'... Quite something. How beautiful Badalona is in winter and in summer, with mantilla and barretina, in the shade and in the sun. How beautiful Badalona is with its old people and its children, with its females and its males, their surnames, their names, their gender and their address. And their ID card. And that beach and that sand and that foot and that tar and that train station and that RENFE and that tree-lined avenue. For Corpus Christi, streamers and firecrackers for Christmas and in summer, beach and picnic area full of half-naked foreign women... Quite something. How beautiful Badalona is in winter and in summer, with mantilla and barretina, in the shade and in the sun. How beautiful Badalona is with its old people and its children, with its females and its males, their surnames, their names, their gender and their address. And their ID card.