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La Tradija dël soldà  
(The Treachery of the soldier)
Traditional from Piedmont.
| 1st verse |
S’ariva ’l luness da matin,
Soldà l’han da ’ndè via,
L’han da ’ndè via, l’han da partir ;
« Bela fijeta në veule venir ? | | Comes Monday morning,
The soldiers have to go,
Have to go, they must leave;
“Beautiful young girl, do you want to come? |
2nd verse |
— Ò si, si, si, ch’i na venria
Per una vòlta sòla
Basta c’ a sia nen tant lontan.
— La prima tapa l’è Carignan. » | | — Oh yes, yes, yes, I come
For once only
If it’s not too far.
— The first stage is Carignan.” |
3rd verse |
A Carignan a son rivà,
Ciamo madama l’òsta :
« Madama l’òsta, prontè, prontè,
S’a i è da beive e da mangè. » | | At Carignan they have arrived,
They call madam the innkeeper:
“Madam the innkeeper, quick, quick,
Serve us something to drink and to eat.” |
4th verse |
E dòp avei mangià, beivù,
A ciamo ’na stanssiëtta,
Una stanssiëtta p’r andè durmi ;
« Bela fijeta si veule venir ? | | And after eating, drinking,
They ask for a bedroom,
A bedroom to go to sleep;
“Beautiful young girl, do you want to come? |
5th verse |
— Ò si, si, si, ch’i na venria
Per una vòlta sòla
Basta ch’i dije ’d lasseme stè :
Son na fijeta da maridè. » | | — Oh yes, yes, yes, I come
For once only
If you promise to let me peaceful:
I’m still a young girl to marry off.” |
6th verse |
S’a l’è rivà ’l doman matin,
La bela si dësvia,
Goarda da ’d sà, goarda da ’d là,
Pi nen trovasse son sò soldà. | | Has arrived the following morning,
The belle awakes,
Looks here and there,
Doesn’t find her soldier. |
7th verse |
Bela fijeta na torna a cà,
Riscontra lo sò pare
A s’è butasse ’n ginojon :
« Car ël me pare vi ciam’ përdon. » | | Beautiful young girl goes back home,
Meets her father
And kneel down:
“My dear father, I apologize.” |
8th verse |
E sò papà l’ha pja ’n baston,
E soa maman ’na rama,
L’han daine tante ’d le bastonà
Ch’ a j’è passaje l’amor dij soldà. | | And her father took a stick,
And her mother a bough,
They gave her such a cudgelling
That passed love for the soldiers. |
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