…QUE HI HA UNA VEU QUE CRIDA ‘LO RIU ÉS VIDA’

Hem sigut una terra que ha fet feliç a qui se l'ha estimada.
Hem tingut una gent que sempre l'ha viscut apassionadament
i una mala notícia va recórrer el Delta com una ventada:
podríem perdre l'aigua i mos tocaria viure un mal moment.

Mos van amoïnar posant a prova tota la nostra paciència,
mos van amoïnar sense importar-los si teníem la raó
i la nostra raó se va donar la mà en la raó de la ciència:
Va nàixer una cultura per acostumar-mos a viure millor.

Tota la gent de l'Ebre està ben unida
per una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".
I als pobles de la terra ja no s'oblida
que hi ha una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".

Sortíem al carrer i érem poqueta gent, les primeres vegades,
i la millor sorpresa va ser descobrir que no estàvem sols.
Ja no érem una gota, n'érem moltes més, ja no semblàvem riuades;
riuades d'aire fresc que tocaven la pell i arribaven als cors.

Tenim la nostra música, lo nostre vent, tenim la nostra serra.
També tenim una vella i bonica forma de parlar.
I un riu que s'obri pas de la muntanya al mar entremig de la terra,
un riu que dóna vida i al que tots junts hem après a estimar.

Tota la gent de l'Ebre està ben unida
per una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".
I als pobles de la terra ja no s'oblida
que hi ha una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".

Ours has been a land that brought happiness to those who loved it.

Ours have been people who always lived it with passion,

and then bad news swept through the Delta like a gust of wind:

we might lose our water and face a truly trying time.

They troubled us, putting all our patience to the test;

they troubled us, caring little whether we were right,

yet our cause joined hands with the voice of science:

a culture was born, teaching us to live a better life.

All the people of the Ebre stand united

by a voice that cries out: "The river is life."

And in the towns across the land, no one forgets

that a voice is crying out: "The river is life."

We took to the streets, just a handful of us at first

and the greatest surprise was discovering we were not alone.

We were no longer a single drop, but many; we became a rushing tide

a breath of fresh air that touched our skin and reached our hearts.

We have our music, our winds, and our mountain range.

We also have an old and beautiful way of speaking.

And a river that carves its path from the mountains to the sea,

a river that gives life -one we have all learned to love together.

All the people of the Ebre stand united

by a voice that cries out: "The river is life."

And in the towns across the land, no one forgets

that a voice is crying out: "The river is life."

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Tota la gent de l'Ebre està ben unida
per una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".
I als pobles de la terra ja no s'oblida
que hi ha una veu que crida "lo riu és vida".

All the people of the Ebre stand united

by a voice that cries out: "The river is life."

And in the towns across the land, no one forgets

that a voice is crying out: "The river is life."

Lo Riu és Vida

Quico El Celio i el Mut de Ferreries