La canción – Don’t damn me

Don´t damn me (no me maldigas) de Guns N’ Roses me recuerda al año que estuve en estados unidos, el peor año de mi vida. En el colegio de alli me hice amigo de la persona que era la mas marginada del colegio se llamaba Nathan. Era un hombre extraño y distinto y me daba mucha pena porque nadie le hacia ni puto caso. En los colegios de estados unidos al tema de los ‘estatus’ sociales se le da mucha mas importancia que en España. El grupito de los que son populares y el de los que son los pringados siempre ha existido en todas partes pero en estados unidos el tema es muy, muy fuerte. Simplemente hablarle al pringado de turno y hacerle algo de caso era como si te contagiases de sida o algo parecido. A mi me daba igual, me parecía una persona curiosa y me daba pena y además era una persona mucho mas culta que la panda de ignorantes que son el resto de los americanos. Recuerdo el dia que Nathan me preguntó si había leído un libro escrito por un español que se titulaba ‘El quillote’, yo le decía que no me sonaba y el insistía que era muy famoso, te tiene que sonar ‘el quillote’, pero yo no caía hasta que un día vino con el libro y me lo enseñó: Don Quijote de la mancha. Aaaah ¡El Quijote!
A Nathan le gustaba mucho esta canción de Guns N’ Roses, don´t damn me y yo también me siento identificado con ella. No quiero explayarme en comentarios, dos cosas destaco de la canción. Una es el siguiente trozo de letra (pongo su traducción):

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin' .... Se que no quieres oirme llorar
An I know you don't wanna hear me deny .... y se que no quieres oirme negar
That your satisfaction lies in your illusions..... que tu satisfacción yace en tus ilusiones
But your delusions are yours and not mine..... pero tus desilusiones son tuyas y no mias


Otra es la parte final de la canción, el ultimo minuto. Tiene muchísima fuerza y se expresa lo que se dice en la letra con la rabia necesaria, con esa rabia como contenida desde hace tiempo saliedo hacia fuera. La letra de esta ultima parte es:

don't damn me................................... No me maldigas
When I speak a piece of my mind....... cuando digo lo que pienso
'Cause silence isn't golden...................porque el silencio no es oro
When I'm holding it inside................. cuando me lo aguanto dentro
'Cause I've been where I have been.....he estado donde he estado
An I've seen what I have seen............. y he visto lo que he visto
I put the pen to the paper.................. cojo lapiz y papel
'Cause it's all a part of me.................... porque todo es parte de mi
Don't damn me................................... no me maldigas
I said don't damn me.......................... he dicho que no me maldigas
I said don't hail me............................. digo que no me maldigas
Don't damn me................................... no me maldigas



Gunas N' Roses - Don't Damn Me

Don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me

Be it a song or casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks
Of quiet reservations
Your words once heard
They can place you in a faction
My words may disturb
But at least there's a reaction

Sometimes I wanna kill
Sometimes I wanna die
Sometimes I wanna destroy
Sometimes I wanna cry
Sometimes I could get even
Sometimes I could give up
Sometimes I could give
Sometimes I never give a fuck

It's only for a while
I hope you understand
I never wanted this to happen
Didn't want to be a man
So I hid inside my world
I took what I could find
I cried when I was lonely
I fell down when I was blind

But don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me

How can I ever satisfy you
An how can I ever make you see
That deep inside we're all somebody
An it don't matter who you wanna be
But now I gotta smile
I hope you comprehend
For this man can say it happened
'Cause this child has been
condemned
So I stepped into your world
I kicked you in the mind
An I'm the only witness
To the nature of my crime

But look at what we've done
To the innocent and young
Whoa listen to who's talking
'Cause we're not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes
And dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our
conscious thoughts
You tell me who's to blame

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'
An I know you don't wanna hear me deny
That your satisfaction lies in your ILLUSIONS
But your delusions are yours and not mine
We take for granted we know the whole story
We judge a book by its cover
And read what we want
Between selected lines

Don't hail me
An don't idolize the ink
Or I've failed in my intentions
Can you find the missing link
Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
So I send this song to the offended
I said what I meant and I've never pretended
As so many others do intending just to please
If I damned your point of view
Could you turn the other cheek

But don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me
Don't damn me
I said don't damn me
I said don't hail me
Don't damn me