Traditional Song

Traditional Song

(Occitan)

(English)

[A l'ombreta d'un rosièr
Joana s'assombrava] (bis)
Joana s'assombra en ça
Joana s'assombra en la
Joana s'assombrava

[Un gibós ven a passar
Que la regardava] (bis)
Que la regardava en ça
Que la regardava en la
Que la regardava

[Que regardatz vos, bossut,
Ieu siái trop pichòta] (bis)
Ieu siái tròp pichòta en ça
Ieu siái tròp pichòta en la
Ieu siái tròp pichòta

[Per tant pichòta que siás
Cal que siás ma mia] (bis)
Cal que siás ma mia en ça
Cal que siás ma mia en la
Cal que siás ma mia

[Se ta mia vòls que siá
Cal que ta bòssa saute] (bis)
Cal que ta bòssa saute en ça
Cal que ta bòssa saute en la
Cal que ta bòssa saute

[Se ma bòssa deu sautar,
Adieu paura Joana] (bis)
Adieu paura Joana en ça
Adieu paura Joana en la
Adieu paura Joana

||: In the shade of a rosebush,
Jean was enjoying the shadow:||
Jean was enjoying the shadow here
Jean was enjoying the shadow there
Jean was enjoying the shadow.

||: A hunchback happened to pass by,
Who was looking at her :||
Who was looking at her here
Who was looking at her there
Who was looking at her

||: What are you looking at, hunchback,
I'm too small* :||
I'm too small here
I'm too small there
I'm too small.

||: However small you may be,
You have to be my sweetheart:||
You have to be my sweetheart here
You have to be my sweetheart there
You have to be my sweetheart.

||: If you want me to be your sweetheart,
You have to cut off your hump :||
You have to cut off your hump here
You have to cut off your hump there
You have to cut off your hump.

||: If my hump has to be cut off,
Farewell poor Jean :||
Farewell poor Jean here
Farewell poor Jean there
Farewell poor Jean.