Bon Nadal

Nadal

Sento el fred de la nit
i la simbomba fosca.
Així el grup d'homes joves que ara passa cantant.
Sento el carro dels apis
que l'empedrat recolza
i els altres qui l'avencen, tots d'adreça al mercat.

Els de casa, a la cuina,
prop del braser que crema,
amb el gas tot encès han enllestit el gall.
Ara esguardo la lluna, que m'apar lluna plena;
i ells recullen les plomes,
i ja enyoren demà.

Demà posats a taula oblidarem els pobres
-i tan pobres com som-.
Jesús ja serà nat.
Ens mirarà un moment a l'hora de les postres
i després de mirar-nos arrencarà a plorar.

Joan Salvat Papasseit (1921)

Happy Christmas (War is Over)

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now...

Happy Xmas

John Lennon (1971)