Hey! Give him some hay! | Hey! Give him some hay, this old donkey!

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Hé ! Beyla‑z‑y dau fé !

Language: Occitan

Our translations: ENG

Hè ! beyla-z-y dau fé, an aquèl azé !
Hé ! beyla-z-y dau fé, mandjara bé !
Lou paubré, par trabalha,
embé par viauré,
faut bé mandja !

La vedza pas véni, la miéna drolla,
La vedza pas véni, de vé Mouli. 
Couradgé, paubré garçon!
Embé ‘na drolla
nous danserons !

Fatcha peta lous pèys,
la montagnarda!
Fatcha peta lous pèys,
sur le pavey !
Pachenço, paubré garçon,
La jeuna drolla
Elli a razon !

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Hé ! Beyla-z-y dau fé !", subtitle: "Bourée de Basse-Auvergne" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne V, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Hey! Give him some hay!", subtitle: "Bourée from the Lower Auvergne", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 67

Hey! Give him some hay!

Language: English after the Occitan

Hey! Give him some hay, this old donkey!
Hey! Give him some hay, he’ll eat it up!
The poor thing, to [be able to] work.
just to stay alive, 
he must eat well!

I don’t see her coming, my girl,
I don’t see her coming, to the Mill.
Courage, poor boy!
[Each] with a girl
We will dance!

[She] sets feet stamping,
the mountain girl!
[She] sets feet stamping,
on the pavement!
Patience, poor boy,
The young girl
is right!

Subtitle: "Bourée from the Lower Auvergne"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Occitan from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 80