VAQUÍ LO POLIT MES DE MAI (Occitan -Provençal)
Vaquí lo polit mes de mai
Que tot galant planta son mai
Ne'n plantarai un a ma mía
Serà mai aut que sa teulissa
Cu li metrem per lo gardar
Un sordat de cada costat
Cu li metrem per sentinèla
Serà lo galant de la bèla
Quand ven l’ora de mejanueit
que lo galant s’endurmiguèt
S’endormiguèt, se somelhava
E lo gran mai se desplantava.
Aquò me facharià per tu
Si ta mía l'aviá vòugut
Ta mía n'aima quauqueis autres
Se trufarà ben de nosautres
Ièu sabi ben çò que farai
Me'n anarai, m'embarcarai
M'embarcarai drech a Marsilha
Pensarai plus d'aquesta filha
Quand de Marsilha revendrai
Davant sa pòrta passarai
Demandarai a sa vesina
Coma se pòrta Catarina
Catarina se pòrta ben
S'es maridada i a ben lòngtemps
Amb' un monsur de la campanha
Que li fai ben faire la dama
N'en pòrta lo capèu bordat
Ambé l'espasa a son costat
La noirirà mai sens ren faire
Que non pas tu, marrit cantaire | HERE COMES THE BEAUTIFUL MONTH OF MAY
Here comes the beautiful month of May
When every gallant/suitor plants his May tree)
I'll plant one to my sweetheart
It will be higher than her roof.
Who will we put to keep it?
One soldier on each side
Who will we put as a sentry?
It will be the girl's gallant.
When midnight came
The gallant/suitor fell asleep,
He fell asleep, he was dozing,
And the great May was been pulled out.
It would make me sorry for you
If your sweetheart had accepted it.
Your sweetheart loves a few more ones.
She will laugh at us!
I know well what I will do
I will leave, I will embark
I will embark straight for Marseilles
I won't think about that girl anymore
When from Marseilles I return
I will pass in front of her door
I will ask her neighbor,
"How is Catherine doing?"
"Catherine is doing well
She got married a long time ago
With a well-respected man from the countryside
Who turns her into a lady
He wears the edged hat*
And a sword on his side
He'll feed her more without doing anything
Than you, bad singer." |