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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Laura Prichard

Lo calhé
Language: Occitan 
Our translations:  ENG
« È, dio mè tu, lo calhé, ound as toun nîou ? »
« Sul puèt dé lo Bostido dellaï lou rîou !  »

« È, dio mè tu, lo calhé, qué l’o bastit ?  »
« Ès dé bourro dè lèbré è dé lopi !  »

« È, dio mè tu, lo calhé, qué l’io dédins ?  »
« Dès iôus coumo lès áutrès més plus poulits !  »

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), "Lo calhé" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne II, no. 5b, French title: "La caille" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The quail", 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: 2005-12-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 64

The quail
Language: English  after the Occitan 
“Hey, tell me, quail, where is your nest?”
“By the well of the Ranch by the river!”

“Hey, tell me, quail, what’s it made of?”
“It is made of hare and rabbit [fur]!”

“Hey, tell me, quail, what’s in it?”
“Some eggs, like other [eggs], but prettier!” 

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  • Translation from Occitan to English copyright © 2019 by Laura Prichard, (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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  • a text in Occitan from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 47

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