Cançó popular valenciana / Valencian folk song
Demà serà el teu gran dia
i a la plaça eixiràs
molt contenta amb ton pare.
Del cavall saludaràs,
del cavall saludaràs.
Tomorrow will be your great day
and you will go out to the square…
very happy with your father.
You will greet from the horse,
you will greet from the horse.
Font: Esta cançó forma part de la recopilació de la Universitat d’Alacant. Podeu trobar-la i escoltar-la en http://www.canpop.org/fitxa.php?id=218.
Afirme que estic com una roca
i que puc amb els colps d’aigua,
regne amb vents favorables
i ou ressons d’estabilitat
com pilotes que reboten…
I claim I stand like a rock
and that I’m able to stand the water blows,
I rule with favourable winds
and I hear echos of strength
as balls that are bouncing…
Vent,
vent,
vent fort
però menys que la roca.
Wind,
wind,
intense wind
but less than the rock.
Sobre eixa roca
edifique i faig
el castell on entren campanes
agudes i suaus,
vents musicals positius
com una estora llarga
que rep a l’amic,
On that rock
I put up and make
the castle where high-pitched
and smooth bells come in,
positive musical winds
as a long mat
that welcomes the friend,
a lo positiu
que ressona
dia a dia
amb molta fortalesa,
seguretat, asserció,
the positive things
that resound
day after day
and a many fortitude,
safety, assertion,
visions diferents i bones,
vides eficients
sense perdre energia
ni temps,
i dient al pa pa
i al vi vi…
different and good views,
efficient lives
without losing energy
and time,
and calling a spade
a spade…
Quin bon son
està garantit!
Música per a un son
somiant amb els angelets
tocant un piano
amb harmonia…
i determinació,
com la roca.
What a good sleep
is guaranteed!
Music for a sleep
having sweet dreams
playing a piano
with harmony…
and settling
like the rock.
Cançó popular valenciana / Valencian folk song
I a ballar les danses
a la replaceta,
i un plat de tomates
per a la senyoreta.
I a ballar les danses
al carrer Major,
i un plat de pebreres
per al governador.
And to twirl the dances
in the little square,
and a plate of tomatoes
for the lady.
And to twirl the dances
in the Major Street,
and a plate of peppers
for the governor.
Font: Podeu escoltar-la en http://www.canpop.org/fitxa.php?id=331. Figura en un treball de la Universitat d’Alacant.
Cançó popular valenciana / Valencian folk song
Tres pardalets, una aguileta,
d’eixos que van en bicicleta.
Ploreu, xiquets,
que pardalets tindreu.
Three little birds, a little eagle,
amongst those that go by bicycle.
Cry you children
and you will have birds.
La dona que canta la cançó del disc és ma mare, i és el crit d’un venedor ambulatnt que duia uns voladorets de paper en forma de pardalet. Quan jo era xicotet li deia a ma mare: “Mare, compra-me’n un”. I ella em deia: “Sí, per a pardalets estic jo”. I aquell home continuava en la cantarella… tres pardalets, una aguileta, d’eixos que van en bicicleta…
The woman who sings the song in the disc is my mother, and is the shout of a peddler that went with some little flying of paper in the shape of a little bird. When I was a child I said to my mother: “Mother, buy me one [bird].” And she said to me: “Yes!, I’m not ready to do it “. And that man continued in the accent… “three little birds, a little eagle, amongst those that go by bicycle…”.
Font: Cançó del disc Musiqueries, de Dani Miquel, corresponent a 25. Tres pardalets, una aguileta.
La coneguda cançó del sereno amb noves estrofes: / The Valencian known song of the “sereno” [clear sky, loudless sky] with new stanzas:
* Sereno!, la una i mitja!…
El sereno ha mort un gos, se l’ha endut a l’hospital,
les xiquetes de costura se l’han fet amb oli i sal.
El sereno i la serena se n’anares a pescar
i tragueren dos anguiles, en el fondo de la mar.
… les dos i plovent!
The loudless!, half-past one!…
The sereno has died a dog, and he took it to the hospital,
the girls of needle-work have eaten it with salad and oil.
The loudless and his wife went to catch,
and got two eels in the low of the sea.
… two o’clock and raining!
* El sereno ha mort un gos, que li deien sagristà,
i a la una de la nit s’ha menjat ja tot el pa.
Sereno, la una, sereno, les dos,
sereno, no cal que tornes que em destorbes els somnis.
The loudless [= el sereno] has died a dog, named sexton,
and one o’clock at night he has already eaten all the bread.
Sereno, one o’clock, sereno, two o’clock,
loudless, it’s not precised you return, because you bother my dreams.
* El sereno s’ha perdut en la font de la salut
i una iaia que passava va i es cau per un forat.
Sereno, les onze, sereno, les dotze,
sereno, acudeix al meu crit
sereno, que no vaig de buit.
The loudless was lost in the health fountain
and a grandma that walked near it… fancy! she fell in a hole.
Sereno, eleven o’clock, sereno, twelve o’clock,
loudless, attend you when I call you,
loudless, that I’m not empty.
* El sereno ha mort un moix i l’ha dut als Socors,
ha comprat un cèntim d’oli i un panet de dos,
per dinar, per sopar, per la nina no n’hi ha.
Uè, uè, no plores nineta, que encara n’hi ha.
The loudless has killed a cat and he took it to the “Socors” [= Aid],
he bought a cent of oil and a little bread of two cents,
to have lunch, to have dinner, but there is no for the doll.
Hey!, hey!, don’t cry you, doll, that there is now yet.
Font: Les lletres són del disc Musiqueries, de Dani Miquel, i estan en 21. El sereno.
Cançó inventada per una mare / Song made up by a mother
Aquesta cançó se l’ha inventada Júlia, i li la canta tots els matins al seu fill Biel mentre obri la persiana de l’habitació.
Julia made this song up, and she sings it every morning to her son Biel while she raises the blid of the bedroom.
Estornell, estornell,
tu ens alegres els matins.
Estornell, estornell,
amb el teu cant tan simpàtic.
Estornell, estornell,
tu estàs hivern i estiu.
Starling, starling,
you make us happy every morning.
Starling, starling,
with your such as nice song.
Starling, starling,
your are present in winter and in summer.
Estornell, estornell,
eres negre i lluent.
Estornell, estornell,
menges olives negres.
Estornell, estornell,
poses plomes de punky.
Starling, starling,
you are black and bright.
Starling, starling,
you eat black olives.
Starling, starling,
you put feathers of punky.
Font: Disc Musiqueries, de Dani Miquel, 19. Estornell.
¡Que bé m’ho passe
només de pensar que la vida és meua,
que tinc casa pròpia
i que, desenvolupant la generositat
des de dins, dorm com un rei!
What a whale of a time I’m having
just because I think that the life belongs to me,
that I have my own house
and that, developing the generosity
from inside, I sleep as a king!
“Adéu, comissions” vaig dir un dia
benvinguts, pares, amics i
altres flaires humans
“Bye-bye, commissions” I said one day,
welcome, parents, friends and
others human smells.
Cante a la vida
escric amb vida
… una bandolera que vola
I sing to the life
I write with the life
… a pennant that is flying
i una vida amb trellat
i com un tresor
ben viu,
que no mor…
and a life with sense
and as a treasure
very lively,
that doesn’t die…
I un bon humor
que captiva i solta
And a good mood
that capture and sets free
i dos braços victoriosos
i un pas lleuger i mirant avant
i una ploma lliure que escriu
amb carta blanca…
i des de dins…
and two victorious arms
and a swift move and looking at forward
and a free style that writes
with carte blanche…
and from inside…
protagonista de ma vida
assaborint un bon dormir
i una flor groga com el sol
i…
lead of my life
relishing a good sleep
and a yellow flower, yellow as the sun
and…
… un dia rere l’altre,
des d’eixe somriure ben habitual
que sorgix amb autenticitat,
com un bes assertiu
xiula que xiularàs…
… day after day,
from that very current smile
that rises with autenticity,
like an assertive kiss
whistle you more and more…
Cançons populars valencianes / Valencian folk songs
És tan important l’oratge en el nostre país, que la gent canta quan plou i quan fa sol.
The weather is so important in our country that the people sing when it is raining and when it is sunny.
* Ja cau aigua,
menudeta,
les campanes van al vol,
està contenta
Doloretes
perquè el nóvio
sí que la vol.
Now it is raining,
little water,
the bells are in flight,
Doloretes
is pleased
becaushe his boyfriend really
loves her.
* Ja plou, ja plou,
la mula i el bou.
Ja pixa l’auela,
tomaca
i ceba.
Now it is raining, now it is raining,
the female mule and the bull.
Now the grandmother is pissing,
tomato
and onion.
* Sol, solet,
vine a vore’m, vine a vore’m,
sol, solet,
vine a vore’m que tinc fred.
Si tens fred, posa’t la capa,
posa’t la capa,
si tens fred,
posa’t la capa i el barret.
Sun, little sun,
come to see me, come to see me,
sun, little sun,
come to see me that I am cold.
If you are cold, put the cloak,
put the cloak,
if you are cold,
put the cloak and the hat.
* Plou i fa sol,
les bruixes es pentinen,
plou i fa sol,
les bruixes porten dol.
It’s raining and is sunny,
the witches are combing their hair,
it’s raining and is sunny,
the witches are in mourning.
Font: Lletres del disc Musiqueries (Dani Miquel), corresponent al registre 22. Cançons de l’oratge.
Cançó popular valenciana / Valencian folk song
Mareta, mareta,
anit vaig somiar
que una nineta
m’havies comprat.
La nina tenia
bonics els seus ull,
la cara ben fina
i els cabells molt rulls.
Mum, mum,
last night I dreamed
that you had bought me
a doll.
The doll has
its eyes nice,
the face very fine
and the hair very curly.
La nina plorava,
quan jo l’adormia.
I, si li cantava,
la son li venia.
Mentre l’agrunsava,
així jo li deia:
“Adorm-te, nineta,
nina de ma vida!”.
The doll was crying,
when I was noding off it.
And, if I was singing to it,
the sleep sent it.
While I was swinging it,
I told it this:
“Nod off, doll,
doll of my life!.”
Font: La lletra l’he treta d’u del llibre 6. Llebeig, d’ensenyament del valencià, coordinat per Pere Riutort.
Nota: He trobat dos entrades interessants en Internet. La primera ens permet escoltar la música a partir del so de guitarra. La segona oferix una versió diferent de lletra i de música respecte a com l’he oïda, encara que semblant a la lletra que ací figura.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbiFaifmI7c (música de guitarra)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Hea0yk4As (amb veu de Toni Giménez acompanyada de guitarra)
Cançó popular valenciana / Valencian folk song
Colivenca, colivenca,
i arromanga’t el faldó,
repica les castanyetes
que s’acaba la cançó.
Woman from Onil, woman from Onil,
roll the shirt-tail up,
ring you the castanets
that the song is finishing!
Font: Es tracta d’una cançó del cantoral popular elaborat per la Universitat d’Alacant. Podeu accedir en http://www.canpop.org/fitxa.php?id=353.
Nota: Colivenca és el nom que rep una dona d’Onil.