| CANTIGA DE AMIGO | O DAUGHTER, HE WHO LOVED YOU WELL ... | ||
| Nuno Perez Sandeu | tr. James H.Donalson (from Galician) | ||
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Ai filha, o que vos bem queria aqui o jurou n'outro dia, e pero non xe vos veo veer. Ai madre, de vos se temia, que me soedes por el mal trager. O que por vos coitad' andava ben aqui na vila estava, e pero non xe vos veo veer. Ai madre, de vos se catava, que me soedes por el mal trager. O que por vos era coitado, aqui foi oj' o perjurado, e pero non xe vos veo veer. Madre, por vos non foi ousado, que me soedes por el mal trager. |
O daughter, he who loved you well plighted his troth the other day, but I've not seen him come to you. O mother, he was afraid of you and thought that you'd bring me no good. He who so fretted over you was quite well-off around the town but I've not seen him come to you. O mother, he kept an eye on you and thought that you'd bring me no good. He who was worried over you has perjured himself here today but I've not seen him come to you. O mother, for you, I didn't dare and thought that you'd bring me no good. |
Trans. copyright © James H.Donalson 2005