Euskaldun berriaren balada
Oskorri
Ballad of the New Basque Speaker
I am from Barakaldo
and I have a union job
that's why I go
to the Basque school every day.
My great-grandparents
knew Basque
but I, with this mess,
so far nothing,
every morning, every morning
I'm an AEK customer,
sometimes cold,
sometimes warm
but I don't expect
a big miracle.
In the morning I must have
motivation.
Basque is not English
but it's not dead,
many days I think
this is useless,
I have no one to blame
if I don't try,
this is a stick,
a lot of verb classes,
words by the thousand;
they say cheer up
but it's not that easy.
This idea in my head
I don't know when it started
but sometimes I'm not here
having too much fun,
four things have one name and
one thing has four names,
I'm up to here
listening to classes
putting stickers
and collecting money ...
how did I get in
I don't understand
if it doesn't serve
to find a good one.
