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This day is called the feast of Crispian: [Avui és Sant Crispí:]
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, [aquell qui sobrevisqui avui, i torni sa i estalvi a casa,]
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, [s’alçarà dempeus quan es parli d’aquest dia,]
And rouse him at the name of Crispian. [i despertarà amb el nom de Crispí.]
He that shall live this day, and see old age, [Qui després d’avui encara arribi a vell]
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, [cada any el dia abans convidarà els veïns]
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian’: [i els dirà: “Demà és Sant Crispí”.]
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars. [Llavors s’arromangarà i en mostrarà les cicatrius.]
And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispin’s day’. [Dirà: “Aquestes ferides me les van fer el dia de Sant Crispí”.]
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, [Qui és vell oblida: tot cau en l’oblit,]
But he’ll remember with advantages [però l’home sempre recordarà amb profit]
What feats he did that day: then shall our names [la proesa que va fer aquell dia. I els nostres noms]
Familiar in his mouth as household words: [retornaran als seus llavis aleshores com noms familiars:]
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, [el rei Enric, Bedford i Exeter, Warwick i Talbot, Salisbury i Gloucester…]
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. [tots serem dolçament recordats entre l’escuma de les copes.]
This story shall the good man teach his son; [I el bon home explicarà aquesta història a son fill;]
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, [i no hi haurà Sant Crispí i Sant Crispinià]
From this day to the ending of the world, [—des d’ara i fins a la fi del món—]
But we in it shall be remember’d; [que no hi siguem recordats.]
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; [Nosaltres pocs, feliços pocs, una colla de germans,]
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me [—perquè qui avui vessi la seva sang amb mi]
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, [serà per sempre mon germà, i mai més serà un vilà,]
This day shall gentle his condition: [que, des d’avui, serà noble la seva condició.]
And gentlemen in England now a-bed [Quants cavallers que ara són al llit a Anglaterra]
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, [maleiran el fet de no ser ara aquí]
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks [i se sentiran poc homes si s’escolten]
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. [qui va lluitar entre nosaltres el dia de Sant Crispí!]
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william shakespeare, henry V, (c. 1599) [acte IV, escena III]; kenneth branagh, henry V (bbc, 1989)
