Le beau galant
Language: French (Français)
Le beau galant s’en va
Trouver son capitaine:
«Bonjour mon capitaine,
Donnez-moi mon congé,
Pour aller voir ma belle
Qui n’ fait que d’y pleurer.»
Capitain’ lui répond
Comme un brave homme de guerre:
«Prends ta joli’ giberne
Et ton joli pass’port,
Et t’en va voir la belle
Et ti reviens d’abord.»
Le beau galant s’en va
Au logis de son père:
«Bonjour pèr’, bonjour mère,
Bonjour tous me parents,
Sans oublier la belle
Que mon coeur aime tant.»
Son pèr’ qui lui répond:
«Ta chère amie est morte,
Est morte et enterrée;
Elle est morte d’ennui,
Son corps repose en terre,
Son âme en Paradis.»
Le beau galant s’en va
Trouver son capitaine:
«Bonjour mon capitaine,
Me voici de retour.
Puisque ma belle est morte
Je servirai toujours.»
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The handsome suitor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-12-17
Line count: 30
Word count: 129
The handsome suitor
Language: English after the French (Français)
The handsome suitor goes
To find his captain:
“Hello my captain,
Give me my leave,
To go to see my sweetheart
Who does nothing but [sit] there [and] cry.”
[The] captain answers him
Like a brave man of war:
“Take your handsome cartridge box
And your handsome passport,
And go to see [your] sweetheart
And return first thing.”
The handsome suitor goes
To his father’s dwelling:
“Hello father, hello mother,
Hello all my relatives,
Without forgetting the beauty
Who my heart loves so much.”
His father answers him:
“Your dear lover is dead,
Is dead and buried;
She died of boredom,
Her body rests in [the] earth,
Her soul in paradise.”
The handsome suitor goes
To find his captain:
“Hello my captain,
Here I am, returned.
Since my sweetheart is dead
I will serve forever.”
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2018 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-17
Line count: 30
Word count: 135
