ENGUAN JO ME SOI MARIDAT
(Occitan -Gascon dialect)
Enguan jo me soi maridat
E la hemna que m'èi presa
La n'èi totjorn beveda
La n'èi totjorn peu torn deus hons
Que sembla estar un carretin
Jamès au torn de l'aiga
la guaites pas qu'i caija
S'aquò tu dives contunhar
La clau deu chai te vau tirar
Quan me n'anga i-en campanha
te cal'rà béver aiga
Que non que non tròç de coquin
Tu beuràs l'aiga jo le vin
Le vin que me regosta
E l'aiga que me'n degosta
Le vin de merilha que me requenquilha
Le vin d'aramon hè petar le bosson. | THIS YEAR I GOT MARRIED
This year I got married
And the wife I took
Is always drunk.
She's always at the foot of the casks.
She looks like young veal (1)
Never near the water (2)
No risk she'd fall in it.
"If you're to go on this way,
I'm going to take the cellar key from you.
When I'm away,
You'll have to drink water."
"Oh no, you arrant rascal,
You'll drink the water, I will the wine,
Wines whets my appetite
And water makes me sick.
The merille (3) wine peps me up
The aramon (3) wine makes the cork go off |