El rei Lear
Language: Catalan (Català)
Era un rei molt vell
amb la barba blanca
i amb els cabells blancs,
i anava pel món
dient mots estranys.
Passava la vida
plorant i rient,
i quan el trobaven
els aucells guaitaven
amb el bec obert.
Els trons i la pluja,
la pedra i el llamp
queien damunt d’ell
i el feien més bell
i el feien més blanc.
I ell deia: Oh, ma estrella,
oh, ma blanca estrella
de dolors feixucs!
Què hi faig a la terra
si sóc blanc com tu?
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- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "King Lear", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Salvador Pila
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
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Word count: 85
King Lear
Language: English after the Catalan (Català)
He was a very old king
with a white beard,
and white hair,
and went around the world
saying strange words.
He spent his life
crying and laughing,
and, when the birds
encountered him, looked at him
with their beaks open.
Thunder and rain,
hail and lightning,
fell upon him
and made him more beautiful
and made him whiter.
And he said: oh, my star,
oh, my white star
of mighty suffering!
What am I doing here on earth
if I am as white as you?
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