Ai, Dolors [English translation]

Oh, Dolors, take me to the dance

Today, when everyone is coming, today is when we have to go.

Oh, Dolors, I’ll come in the evening

With a honk of the horn and I’ll wait for you below.

And, Dolors, today, between the heads there will be no complicit glances,

Nor, Dolors, any absentminded finger that accidentally grazes a back.

Today, Dolors, I’ll beat out a rhythm with my hands

While you pull out your nth cocktail voucher.

Today, Dolors, suggest a theme to the singer

One that laughs at you and me and at this story which is ending.

Come, Dolors, today we’ll be big kids.

No nonsense, no being special.

One two three, one two three, cha cha cha

Heel-toe, heel-toe, and start over again.

And, Dolors, no one will expect a sweet scene in front of the gate.

Nor, Dolors, will any great truth be revealed when it all comes clear.

Today, Dolors, we’ll move our body to the rhythm

Of an accelerated drum, of a great bass line.

Today, Dolors, suggest a theme to the singer

One that laughs at you and me and at this story, which doesn’t matter any more.

One that defines us in three chords

One that explains us to posterity

One that’s deliberately a full stop, Dolors,

Dolors, one that seems like it could never end.

Dolors, one that seems like it could never end.

Dolors, one that seems like it could never end.

• Artist:Manel
• Album:Els millors professors europeus (2008)