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by Antonin Perbosc (1861 - 1944)

O Trobaire! As l'ufan de congrelhar de...
Language: Occitan 
Our translations:  ENG
O Trobaire! As l'ufan de congrelhar de cantas 
Qu'al temps avenidor los òmes rediràn.
Agacha lo lauraire etèrnament obrant
Suls camps que sempre auràn segadas resurgantas!

Las relhas an crosat de regas qual sap quantas! 
Lo tèrraire es coma un palimpsèst ont, laurant 
Suls bordons dels aujòls, los pacans botaràn 
Sens fin metiu semen de granas bategantas.

Los blats que bèl-temps-a lo cròs fasquèt florir
Son los paires d'aquels qu'ara, per nos noirir,
An raubat à la mort lor espiga daurada.

Atal, Trobaire, fas, dins los bordons d'antan, 
Novèla curbison subre la vièlha arada;
Doman, d'autres siegràn, ta mossada en cantant.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Canteloube 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Antonin Perbosc, L'Arada = L'arée, with a French translation by Xavier Ravier, Biarritz : Atlantica, 2000.

Note: Perbosc strove to “purify” modern Occitan in order to recreate the language used by medieval troubadours. He wanted to make the linguistic work of Frédéric Mistral “more classical.” Mistral won the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature for his work restoring the language of Provence, and Canteloube preferred his approach to Occitan. Canteloube's sung text therefore differs in spelling.

Text as set by Canteloube:

O Trobaire! As l'ufan de congrelhar de cantas 
Qu'al temps avenidor los òmes rediran.
Agacha lo lauraire etèrnament óbrant
Suls camps que sempre auran segadas rezurgantas!

Las relhas an crozat de regas qual sab quantas! 
Lo tèrraire es com un palinsèst ont, laurant 
Suls bordons dels aujòls, los pacans botaran 
Sens fin metiu semen de granas bategantas.

Los blats que bèl-temps-a lo cròs fasquèt florir
Son los paires d'aquels qu'ara, per nos noirir,
An raubat à la mort lor espiga daurada.

Atal, Trobaire, fas, dins los bordons d'antan, 
Novèla curbizon subre la vièlha arada;
Doman, d'autres siègran, ta mosada en cantant. 


Text Authorship:

  • by Antonin Perbosc (1861 - 1944), "La Mossada", written 1902, appears in L'Arada, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time 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 mosada", 1922, published 1923, first performed 1923 [ voice and piano ], from L'Arada, no. 3, Paris, Édition 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , 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: 2019-07-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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