| 1st verse |
Vous vau cantar una cansoun (twice)
La cansoun dei mensònegai,
E lantin e lantoun e lanterna la la
La cansoun dei mensònegai. | | I’m going to sing you a song (twice)
The song of the lies,
E lantin e lantoun e lanterna (1) la la
The song of the lies. |
2nd verse |
Ma se saupessi que li auguesse ’na verita (twice)
Serìi countent que mi talhon la gorja,
E lantin e lantoun e lanterna la la
Serìi countent que mi talhon la gorja. | | But if I knew a truth is heared in it (twice)
I would be happy that somebody cuts my throat,
E lantin e lantoun e lanterna la la
I would be happy that somebody cuts my throat. |
3rd verse |
Ai passat souta d’un caroubier (twice)
N’era cargat de souorba (...) | | I passed under a carob tree (twice)
It was loaded with sorb apples (...) |
4th verse |
Ai pens’ autar moun bastounet (twice)
N’a calat de cougourda (...) | | I thought to raise my little stick (twice)
Marrows fell down (...) |
5th verse |
M’en a calat una sus ’n pen (twice)
L’aureia mi sanguena (...) | | One fell down on my foot (twice)
Making my ear bleeding (...) |
6th verse |
Ai pensat mi croumpa ’n chivau (twice)
Era una sauma rossa (...) | | I thought to buy a horse (twice)
It was a nasty beast of burden (...) |
7th verse |
Ai vorgut mi croumpar un bast (twice)
Era una conqua routa (...) | | I wanted to buy a packsaddle (twice)
It was a broken conch (...) |
8th verse |
Coura mai l’ae per ribas (twice)
Que lou souleu per couola (...) | | The donkey runs more by banks (twice)
Than the sun over [the] hills (...) |
