Els obercocs i les petites collidores
Language: Catalan (Català)
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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- 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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Word count: 84
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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- Translation from Catalan (Català) to English copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (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: 2014-03-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 95
