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Thread #41269   Message #3786692
Posted By: keberoxu
22-Apr-16 - 02:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Breizh songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Breizh songs
Better late than never. To be fair, I went first to the previous post by Malcolm Douglas, and checked the sources to which he linked. The two songs request in the OP were not to be found in those sites.

What I found is at online websites, data-entered by readers. Not as gold-standard a source as an anthology published on ink and paper, but still, a point of departure I suppose.

Here's what I found for the first title.

AR SOUDARDED ZO GWISKET E RUZ

(traditional, Breton)

Ar soudarded zo gwisket e ruz
Ar veleien zo gwisket e du.

Gwellañ soudard a oe en arme
Oe ur zoudard Ar Fur e añv.

Eñ a lare d'e gamaraded
'Ne gredan ket e varvin ervat.

'Med pa varvin-me kreiz ar Brezel
Interit me e douar santel.

'Pa varvin-me e ti ma zad
Interit me e vourk Brizak.

'E vourk Brizak kreiz ar vered
Ur sapr-groaz du-hont 'm-eus plantet.

'Ur wezenn-groaz am-eus plantet
Jamez delienn he-deus manket!'


Med ar bloaz-man eñ zo kouezhet,
Soudard Ar-Fur a zo marvet.

Komans e rae 'n douar da gleuzañ
Gant ar Vretoned o ouelañ.

Ar soudarded zo gwisket e ruz
Ar veleien zo gwisket e du.


from lyricstranslate.com