Els Contrabandistes [English translation]

What song should we sing, so that all shall come to know of the smugglers?

A group of them went to Bayuls1 to load up on tobacco.

On their way to Fortià2 the spotted a damn spy,

who went to Figueres3 to tell the captain:

"I've seen smugglers!."

- "Well, you will tell me how many there are, you who have seen them."

- "I counted forty well armed men, with blunderbusses and carbines."

The captain arose with a shout: "Gentlemen come on, let's chase them! and we shall lay bet with bayonets and carnage!."

And on their way to Galliners4, there they found the smugglers.

Cut down and shot, they cast aside the brave smugglers.

At the sight of so much money, they wished to grab it by the handful.

Oh song, who was it that told you...one who was there,

a great smuggler!

1. a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. [Reference]2. a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. [Reference]3. the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. [Reference]4. a village in the municipality of Vilademuls (Pla de l'Estany).