Somniem
Lluís Llach
Dreaming
WE'RE DREAMING.
Of course, we’re dreaming all the time.
YOU WAIT TOO MUCH.
Of course, we’ve learned to wait and we expect everything.
YOU WANT TOO MUCH.
Of course, we want too much, more, everything, eagerly.
YOU'RE IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY.
Yeah, of course, we walk, arrive, start over, we’re in a hurry, a big hurry.
WE'RE DREAMING.
Yeah, inevitably, today’s dream as a possibility for tomorrow.
YOU WAIT TOO MUCH.
Of course, and we’re not ashamed to be slaves to hope.
YOU WANT TOO MUCH.
Of course, it’s our furious right, and even more, our duty.
DEMAND.
Of course, passionately or with sadness.
And yet,
and yet, better this way,
better a people that moves,
even if, sometimes, it’s rushed,
even if, sometimes, it’s too cautious,
even if, sometimes, it’s dirty, low, base,
even if, sometimes, it’s sublime,
better this way, with all its strange and simple humanity;
better this way, than a flock of sheep subjected to the calculations of interest computers.
So, let no one be ashamed to say, let no one be ashamed to shout:
we’re dreaming, yes, constantly, we’re dreaming without limits in dreams,
we’re dreaming until the unimaginable.
We’re always dreaming,
and we expect everything, we’ve learned the art of waiting, this art of waiting
in endless nights of helplessness; we know how to wait and we expect everything, everything,
and we want everything, we want the impossible to reach the possible,
we want the possible to reach the impossible;
better this way, with all its strange and simple humanity;
better this way, than a flock of sheep subjected to the calculations of interest computers;
so, if they ever tell us, if they ever dare to say...
WE'RE DREAMING.
Of course, we are! constantly, we’re always dreaming.
If you say: YOU WAIT TOO MUCH.
Of course, we’ve learned to wait, and we expect everything.
If you say: YOU WANT TOO MUCH.
Of course, we want too much, more, and everything, eagerly.
If you say: YOU'RE IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY.
Of course, we walk, arrive, start over, yeah, we’re in a hurry.