Núria has made me go out into the yard.The dog has finished eating.I started with “many years ago”and she moved her head once.I tell her I heard “let's stop”,that Ramon shook his head.“Where were you?” she cuts in before I finish.I say, “Beside you.”It was mid-morning, before the break.Don't move it somewhere else now.Say which part you heard.I don't ask her to hear me out.I've brought too many things to say.When I speak of the children when they were small,she bends down and takes away the dog's bowl.“I knew that already,” she says.“My eldest couldn't feed himself either.”I don't talk about the children again.I tell her they raised my wages.It was mid-morning, before the break.Say which part you heard.She brushes off the dog's hairs.She asks if Ramon was therewhen they made me speak again.I answer that he wasn't that time.I stop talking to her about Ramon.I say, “You phoned me too.”“I know,” she says, without coming closer.“Have you told Andreu?”Don't move it somewhere else now.It was mid-morning, before the break.I tell her not yet.
Catalan original
La Núria m'ha fet anar al pati.El gos ja ha deixat de menjar.Jo he començat amb «fa molts anys»i ella ha mogut el cap una vegada.Li dic que vaig sentir «parem»,que el Ramon va fer que no amb el cap.«On eres?», em talla abans d'acabar.Li dic: «Al teu costat.»Era a mig matí, abans del descans.No ho canviïs de lloc ara.Digues quin tros vas sentir.No li demano que m'escolti fins al final.He dut massa coses per dir.Quan li parlo dels fills, de petits,ella s'ajup i retira el bol del gos.«Això ja ho sabia», diu.«El meu gran tampoc no menjava sol.»Jo no li torno a parlar dels nens.Li dic que em van apujar el sou.Era a mig matí, abans del descans.Digues quin tros vas sentir.Ella s'espolsa els pèls del gos.Em pregunta si hi havia el Ramonquan van tornar a fer-me parlar.Li responc que aquella vegada no.Deixo de parlar-li del Ramon.Li dic «també em vas trucar».«Ja ho sé», diu, sense acostar-se.«A l'Andreu, l'hi has dit?»No ho canviïs de lloc ara.Era a mig matí, abans del descans.Li dic que encara no.
