SOTU 266: Foreign Languages - Al Vent (The Wind) - in Catalan
Phewwww! This week's Season is a tuffy!
Found the song by Raimon entitled "Al Vent" which translates to "The Wind." Loved the emotional feel Raimon delivers with his powerful vocals and driving strum. I'm still trying to determine whether he's using 4/4 or 6/8, or mixing tempos, but I decided if I was going to get this one done, I best resort to using what feels right for me. It was tough enough trying to learn the lyrics well enough to try and put my feelings to them. The lyrics are a powerful poem, and the chord progression works well with a literal translation in English, so I hope to work up a song chart for this doing the first time through in Catalan, add a harmonica break, then go to an English translation the second time through.
The song is quite beautiful in Catalan, but I think it best to offer a sung translation to any audiences I will have the chance to perform it to.
Raimon sang this like a strong gale. I hope you enjoy my milder, less windy version:
The following lyric translation is also in my YouTube Description:
. . . . Al vent, 》《 To the wind
La cara al vent, 》《 Facing the wind
El cor al vent, 》《 Heart to the wind
Les mans al vent, 》《 Hands to the wind,
Els ulls al vent, 》《 Eyes to the wind,
al vent del mo'n. 》《 to the wind of the world.
. . . . I tots, 》 《 . . . . And all,
Tots plens de nit, 》 《 all full of night,
Buscant la llum, 》 《 searching for light,
Buscant la pau, 》 《 searching for peace,
Buscant a De'u, 》 《 looking to God,
al vent del mo'n. 》 《 the wind of the world.
La vida, ens do'na penes, 》《 Life, gives us sorrows
ja el na'ixer e's un gran plor: 》《 When born, is a great cry
la vida pot ser eixe plor; 》 《 Life, already has tears;
Pero' nosaltres, al vent, 》《 But we (and) the wind,
la cara al vent, 》《 facing the wind,
el cor al vent, 》《 heart to the wind,
les mans al vent, 》《 hands to the wind,
els ulls al vent, 》《 eyes to the wind,
al vent del mo'n. 》《 to the wind of the world.
. . . . I tots, 》《 . . . . And all,
tots plens de nit, 》《 all full of night,
buscant la llum, 》《 looking for light,
buscant la pau, 》《 looking for peace,
buscant a de'u, 》《 looking for the wind, ...
al vent del mo'n. 》《 the wind of the world.
buscant a De'u, 》《 looking for the wind...
al vent del mo'n. 》《 the wind of the world.