Louisiana o Els Camps de Cotó
Els Amics de les Arts Lyrics

Diu que ha anat fent al seu aire,
He says that he's been doing his own thing,

que ha fet vida a mil ciutats,
living in a thousand cities,

que ha dormit en llocs que feien feredat
sleeping in places that were a bit gross

i que tu, mare, mai haguessis aprovat.
and that you, mom, would never have approved.

Que està content, que tot va bé.
He's happy, everything's going well.

Diu que està content, que tot va bé.
He says he's happy, everything's going well.

Hi ha com unes coordenades,
There are like, some coordinates,

diu que us ho ensenyi, que us ho posi al Google Maps.
he says he can show you on Google Maps.

I diu que un dia, de passada,
And he says that one day, while passing through,

va fer nit en un poble i que s'hi va acabar quedant.
he spent the night in a town and ended up staying.

Que és des d'aquí, des d'on escriu.
He's writing this from there, from where he is.

Diu que té una casa lluny de tot i un quatre per quatre.
He says he has a house far away from everything and a 4x4.

I quan baixa al poble a omplir el rebost, sabeu què li passa?
And when he goes down to the village to stock up, you know what happens?

Que el despatxa un avi que li fa pensar en algú.
An old man sends him off thinking of someone.

Que li fa pensar en algú...
Someone who makes him think...

Ha estimat noies i dones.
He's loved girls and women.

Diu que més d'una li va fer perdre el nord.
He says that more than one made him lose his way.

Però diu que amb aquestes coses, ja se sap,
But he says that with these things, you know,

quan menys t'ho esperes és quan tens un cop de sort.
when you least expect it is when you get lucky.

I que estan bé, que els hi va bé.
And that they're good, they're doing well.

Diu que té una filla de tres anys amb els teus ulls, pare.
He says he has a three-year-old daughter with your eyes, dad.

Que ell sempre li parla en català i fot molta gràcia
He always talks to her in Catalan and it's really funny,

perquè quan la posa al llit, hi ha dies que confon
because when he puts her to bed, some days he confuses

bona nit i pantalons.
goodnight and pants.

Diu que vist amb perspectiva
He says that looking at it from a different perspective,

té molt clar que aquí no hagués estat feliç.
it's very clear to him that he wouldn't have been happy here.

Però reconeix que això de desaparèixer tan tranquil, sense avisar-nos,
But he acknowledges that disappearing so calmly, without warning us,

és marxar amb molt poc estil.
is leaving without much style.

I que amb el temps, que ho cura tot,
And that with time, which heals everything,

tot s'anirà posant a lloc.
everything will fall into place.

Diu que des del porxo veu un cel que no te l'acabes.
He says from the porch he sees a never-ending sky.

Que a la nit sempre surt a fumar i pensa en nosaltres.
That at night he always goes out to smoke and thinks of us.

I que, per molt lluny que estigui, no hem de tenir por,
And that no matter how far away he is, we don't have to be afraid,

quan s'hi hagi de ser, hi serà.
when he needs to be there, he'll be there.

Diu que un dia hi hem d'anar, que l'avisem amb temps, però que té llits de sobres.
He says that one day we have to go there, to give him notice, but he has plenty of beds.