The apricots and the petty pickers | Iris says to Myrtila

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by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Els obercocs i les petites collidores

Language: Catalan (Català)

Our translations: ENG

Diu Iris a Myrtila:
–Oh, amiga, jo no sé!...
Tants obercocs hi deixes
damunt l’obercoquer?

–Oh, Iris, prou m’agrada
menjar-ne a torbellins
i sentir l’or alegre
com raja boca endins.

Mes arriba el mal temps
i prop del flam furient,
jo sento en la teulada
dansar teules i vent,

i em plau quan nostra mare,
veient-nos entristits
i com freguem els nassos
i com bufem els dits,

ens dugui riolera,
quan cau la neu a flocs,
un pot amb confitures
de préssecs o obercocs.

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Text Authorship:

by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895 - 1962), "Els obercocs i les petites collidores" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "The apricots and the petty pickers", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-12
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The apricots and the petty pickers

Language: English after the Catalan (Català)

Iris says to Myrtila:
-- Oh, friend, I don’t know!...
Why you leave so many apricots
on the apricot tree?

-- Oh, Iris, sure I like
to eat lots of them
and feel their fleshy gold
pouring inside my mouth.

But the bad weather is coming
and, by the raging flame,
I hear on the roof
the rattle of tiles and the wind,

and I like, when our mother,
seeing our sad faces,
and how we wipe our noses
and blow our fingers,

that she cheerfully brings,
when snowflakes fall,
a jar of peach
or apricot preserve.

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a text in Catalan (Català) by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-12
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Word count: 95