Basque folk carol | Come, come home child

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Villancico vasco

Language: Basque (Euskara)

Our translations: ENG

Ator, ator mutil etxera,
Gastaña zimelak jatera
Gabon gaba ospatuteko
Aitaren ta amaren onduan;
Ikusiko dok aita bareka
Amabe guztiz kontentuz.

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 Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949), "Villancico vasco", 1932, published 1934, from Diez villancicos españolas, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Basque folk carol", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 21

Basque folk carol

Language: English after the Basque (Euskara)

Come, come home child,
To eat soft chestnuts
To celebrate Christmas night
With your mother and father;
You will see father laugh
And mother too will be very happy.

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Translation from Basque (Euskara) to English copyright © 2010 by Barbara Miller, (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 Basque (Euskara) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 29