Christmas Carol

Christmas Carol

(Occitan)

(English)

1 L'àngel:
Pastres, placatz vòstre tropèu
E corrètz en grand diligença
Adorar la bèla naissença
D'aquel Enfant, grand Dieu dau cèu.
Recebètz-lo en tot onor
Car es vòstre mèstre e senhor.

Lei pastres:
Àngel, aquò es tot nòstre desir,
Mai digatz-nos en qué repaire
Es nat, e çò que devèm faire
Qu'eu li pòsca prendre plesir,
E tot çò que nautres poirem,
Per eu de bòn cuòr o farem.

2 L'àngel:
Eu es nat dedins Bethleem,
Desmantelat coma Besoça
Au plus paure estable que fosse
Dins una crupi sus de fen.
Recebètz-lo en tot onor
Car es vòstre mèstre e senhor.

Lei pastres:
Nautres i anarem volontièrs,
Mai voudriam saber per qué causa
Lo filh de Dieu dau cèu repausa
Tant piètre en aquestei quartièrs,
E tot çò que nautres poirem,
Per eu de bòn cuòr o farem.

3 L'àngel:
Eu ven pagar vòstra rançon,
Mai afin d'esquivar l'eclipsi
D'Erodes, rei plen de malici
A fach lo curat de Quinçon.
Recebètz-lo en tot onor
Car es vòstre mèstre e senhor.

Lei pastres:
Totara, sensa tardar plus,
Li anam portar quauqua compòsta,
Beatus garnitus de còsta
E d'abits pro frigoribus,
E tot çò que nautres poirem,
Per eu de bòn cuòr o farem.

4 L'àngel:
D'a pè d'èu, sa maire veiretz
E Sant Josèp servant de paire,
L'ase e lo buòu de l'autre caire
Per vos mostrar çò que faretz.
Recebètz-lo en tot onor
Car es vòstre mèstre e senhor.

Lei pastres:
Àngel, l'i anam d'aqueste pas
Adorar dintre sa logeta
E au sòn de nòstra museta
Fringar davant èu lei cinq pas,
E tot çò que nautres poirem,
Per eu de bòn cuòr o farem.

1. Angel:
Shepherds, leave your flocks
And run in great haste
To adore the beautiful birth
Of this child, great God of Heaven.
Welcome him with great honor
For he is your master and lord.

Shepherds:
Angel, this is all our desire,
But tell us in which lodging
He was born and what we could do
That he would enjoy;
And all that we can do for him,
We'll do willingly.

2. Angel:
He was born in Bethlehem,
Without a coat, like Bezouce, (1)
In the poorest stable that ever could be,
In a manger, on some hay.
Welcome him with great honor
For he is your master and lord.

Shepherds:
We'll willingly go there,
But we'd like to know why
The son of God in Heaven reposes
So shabbily in those districts,
And all that we can do,
For him we'll willingly do.

3. Angel:
He comes to pay your ransom,
But to avoid being eclipsed
By Herod, (the) king full of malice,
He acted like the priest of Quinson. (2)
Welcome him with great honor
For he is your master and lord.

Shepherds:
In a short while, waiting no longer,
We'll go to bring him some compote
Beatus garnitus (3) aside
And clothes pro frigoribus (4)
And all that we can do,
For him we'll willingly do.

4. Angel:
Next to him, you'll see his mother
And Saint Joseph acting as a father,
The ass and the ox on the other side
Showing you what you should do.
Welcome him with great honor
For he is your master and lord.

Shepherds:
Angel, we'll go right away
To adore him in his small lodging,
And, to the sound of our reed,
To dance the five steps in front of him,
And all that we can do,
For him we'll willingly do.