GURE GATUA PITXITXI

“ Lo que me hace sentir viva es la gente que quiero, ellos son el aire que respiro y necesito para andar ... “

Myriam, Bajame una estrella / Eman izar bat



Ez du uzten supazterra
badu lephoko superra
da gizen bezain ederra
iduri du kalonjerra

Gure gatua Pitxitxi,
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Eguna derama lotan
ase ondo ametsetan
iduri du bai egitan
kalonjer bat bezperetan

Gure gatua Pitxitxi,
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Jaun kalonjerra, barkatu,
zuri baitut konparatu
Pitxitxik ilheak baditu
ez zaio kaskoa pelatu

Gure gatua Pitxitxi,
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Lana baitzaio itsusi
ez du ihizin ikasi
saguño bati ihesi
nihaurk atzo dut ikusi.

Gure gatua Pitxitxi,
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Pitxitxi hiltzen delarik
ez baitu egin gaizkirik
zazpi izpirituetarik
bat baduke salbaturik

Gure gatua Pitxitxi,
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Nola bizi den lur huntan
hala gatuen zerutan
biziko da ametsetan
sekulorum sekulotan.

Gure gatua Pitxitxi
da dena ilhe ta txitxi.

Michel Labeguerie

THE BASQUE LANGUAGE LAMB

The Scaffold

When you say that language is dying
It is as if you said that fire is being extinguished
When I say that language is dying
It is as if I said that the lamb is dying
But fire is extinguished naturally, by itself
And the lamb, nevertheless, is sold by a Judas
It is crucified unjustly by a Pilate
And a Longinos hangman kills it

The Voice that Emigrated

I write in the language of my ancestors
I write in the language that was spoken in the Head of this Kingdom
The majority language in our territory
The only one that was understood in all our towns

Nowadays, this is called a "minority" language

They will find

They will find
Neither white flowers
Nor traces
The bench that you used as a bed until yesterday
The voice you used as emigrant compass
Will be today, along with your body, fuel to the flames
But you will become the bush that burns
But is never consumed
You will be eternally on fire
As long as the word in the mouth of your people remains alive

Juankar Mugartza

Posted by Gatika