My Way
And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full,
I've travelled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again,
Too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course,
Each careful step along the byway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times,
I'm sure you knew,
When I bit off
More than I could chew.
But through it all,
When there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall,
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill, my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that.
And may I say, not in a shy way,
'Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way'.
For what is a man,
What has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way
My way
Traducció: J. Ubach i Lluís Urpinell
A la meva manera
I ara, la fi és a prop,
I doncs m’enfronto a l’acte final.
Amic meu, ho diré clar,
T’exposaré el meu cas, del qual estic segur.
He viscut una vida plena,
He recorregut totes i cadascuna de les autopistes.
I més, molt més que això,
Ho he fet a la meva manera
Penediments, n’he tingut alguns,
Però un altre cop,
Massa pocs per fer-ne esment.
He fet el que calia
I ho he observat sense excepcions.
He planejat cada programa d’acció,
Cada acurat pas al llarg del camí.
I més, molt més que això,
Ho he fet a la meva manera.
Sí, va haver-hi vegades,
Suposo que ho saps,
Que vaig mossegar
Més del que podia mastegar.
Però amb tot plegat,
Quan hi va haver dubtes,
M’ho vaig menjar i ho vaig escopir.
Ho vaig afrontar tot i vaig aguantar el cop,
I ho vaig fer a la meva manera.
He estimat, he rigut i plorat.
He quedat fart, i amb la meva part de pèrdues.
Però ara, quan les llàgrimes cedeixen,
Ho trobo tot ben divertit
Pensar que he fet tot això.
I ho puc dir sense vergonya,
“Oh, no, no pas jo, jo ho he fet a la meva manera”.
Perquè què és un home,
Que és el que ha aconseguit?
Si no a si mateix, llavors no té res.
Dir les coses que realment sent
I no les paraules de qui s’agenolla.
La meva història mostra que he entomat els cops
I ho he fet a la meva manera.
A la meva manera.
