STAIN BOY

Paula, left me The Melancholy Death of Oyster boy & Other Stories book, by Tim Burton. There are many poems that I really love, and I've translated them to Catalan in my free time. But now, I only choose one.

 

STAIN BOY

Of all the super heroes,

De tots els super herois
the strangest one by far,

el més estrany és desde lluny
doesn't have a special power, 

no té cap poder especial
or drive a fancy car.

ni condueix un cotxe espectacular.

next to Superman and Batman, I guess he must seem tame.

després de Superman i Batman, endevino que ell deu semblar dócil.
But to me he is quite special,

Pero per mi es bastant especial,

and Stain Boy is his name.

i Stain Boy es el seu nom *Nen Taca*

He can't fly around tall buildings,

Ell no pot volar al voltant de grans edificis,
or outrun a speeding train,

ni aturar un ràpid tren,
the only talent he seems to have

l'únic talent que ell sembla tenir
is to leave a nasty stain.

es deixar una desagradable taca.

Sometimes I know it bothers him,

A vegades sé aixó el molesta,
that he can't run or swim or fly,

que no pugui córrer, ni nadar ni volar,
and because of this one ability,

i degut a aquesta única habilitat,
his dry cleaning bill is sky-high.

ell neteja en sec els núvols.

All the poems of the book, are very sad and nostalgic. They're very great, of course, but after reading it, you start to think about the past of Tim Burton. He's all his poems, and all his films. You can understand a little him if you read or see it. I suppose that he felt rejected, different... and well, is the truth, but I think that's better being different that equal to all the rest, 'cause everyone's to have personality!!

And well, there are some episodes from Stain Boy in Youtube. Some are only in english, but it isn't difficult to understand. I leave one there:

STAIN BOY AND THE GIRL WHO STARES

That's so strange, but I like it!

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THE MELANCHOLY DEAD OF OSTER BOY