The abandoned girl | A shepherdess waits over there at the head of the woods

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

La delaïssádo

Language: Occitan

Our translations: ENG

Uno pastourèlo èsper olaï al capt del bouès
lou galan doguélo, mè né bèn pas !

« Ay ! souï délaïssado !
Qué n’aï pas vist lou mio galant ;
crésio qué m’aïmábo, è ton l’aïmé iéu ! »

Luziguèt l'estèlo, aquèlo qué marco la nuèt,
è lo pauro pastoureletto
démourèt à ploura...

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), "La delaïssádo" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne II, no. 4, French title: "La délaissée" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The abandoned girl", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

The abandoned girl

Language: English after the Occitan

A shepherdess waits over there at the head of the woods
[but] her gallant beloved does not come!

“Ah! I’ve been abandoned!
I do not see my gallant;
I thought that he loved me, and I [surely] love him!” 

A luminous star marks the night,
and the poor little shepherdess
is left in tears...

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Based on:

a text in Occitan from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 54