Songs of Gernika
2008
Performance forces:
sop — hp, str 4 tet
Length:
0:09
Languages:
Notes:
Mendiz inguratutako herrixka txiki honetan
Arbol sendoa daukagu sinbolotzat
Azoka eguna da gaur
Apirilako goiz honetan
Denetarik dago merkatu zabalean
Patatak, kipulak, gazta, abereak
Alde batetik bestera dabiltza umeak
Zakurrak zaunka eta txakolin ona! Andreak
Hegazti beltzek zerua ilundu dute
babez bila jende guztia
Kaleak gorriz margoztuta
Sukarra nagusitu egin da
espirituan marka lehorrak
baina arbola beti bihotzean
English translation:
In this country rounded by mountains
a tree is our symbol
Today is market day
in this April morning
There is everything in this broad market
Potatoes, onion, cheese, animals
Children run from one side to the other
A dog barks and a woman shouts: Darn good drink!
Black birds darken the sky
People seek hiding places
The streets are painted in red
The flame is the master
Dry marks in the spirit
But the tree always remains in our hearts