Els temps estan canviant [The Times They Are A-Changing] [English translation]

Gather around and listen well:

All of you must accept

That the rising waters

Will drag you away.

Know that very soon

You can die of drowning...

If you want to save

The few things that you still have,

Learn to swim and look forwards

Because the times are already changing!

Gather around, writers and critics,

You who think that you know everything;

You must open your eyes wide

And change, yes, we must change the world!

And don't speak just for the sake of it:

It's better to wait

Because the wheel is still turning

And, he who today loses everything, can win tomorrow

Because the times are already changing!

Gather around, politicians:

Listen very carefully!

Open the doors widely,

Do not stop anyone

For, he who creates a conflict,

Can become trapped in it.

I can hear the struggle from here

And, soon, we'll hear it in our lives as well

Because the times are already changing!

Fathers and mothers,

You as well;

Do not criticize

What you cannot understand!

Your sons and daughters

Speak differently, now...

If you expect to control these new paths,

Maybe you won't be able to keep up

Because the times are already changing...!

Everything is written:

Destiny is the only law.

Today, at last, the poor

Sit on a king's throne!

The order of things is inverted

And it is transforming, still

And today's present will be tomorrow's past.

And he who is the first today, shall be the last to arrive

Because the times are already changing!