El meu avi [English translation]

My grandfather went to Cuba

On board of the "Catalan",

The best warship

Of the Overseas Navy!

The helmsman, the boatswain

And fourteen sailors

Who were born in Calella;

Who were born at Palafrugell.

When the "Catalan" set sail

The young men from Calella

Were drinking fruit punch with rum.

With their hands on the guitar,

They would often sing:

Long life to Catalonia!

Long life to the "Catalan"!

War times arrived,

With wickedness and betrayals,

And in the Sea of the Antilles

The cannons exploded like thunder...

And the sailors from Calella

(My grandfather among them)

All died on the deck;

They died while manning the cannons.

When the "Catalan" set sail

My grandfather shouted:

- "Let's go, guys, it's really late!"

Yet none of the brave men on board

Ever came back:

The Americans are the ones to blame!

When the "Catalan" set sail

The young men from Calella

Were drinking fruit punch with rum.

With their hands on the guitar,

They would often sing:

Long life to Catalonia!

Long life to the "Catalan"!