--  El noi de la mare  --


LYRICS, 3 languages


CA - Catalan
EN - English
FI - Finnish


Form: V V V


Melody: ca. 1800 trad. Catalonia


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CA (Catalan)                              ca. 1800 trad. Catalonia

                   --  El noi de la mare  --

VERSE 1            Què li darem a n'el Noi de la mare,
                   què li darem que li sàpiga bo?

                   Panses i figues i nous i olives,
                   panses i figues i mel i mató.

VERSE 2            Què li darem al Fillet de Maria,
                   què li darem al formós Infantó?

                   Li darem panses amb unes balances,
                   li darem figues amb un paneró.

VERSE 3            Tam-pa-tam-tam que les figues són verdes,
                   tam-pa-tam-tam que ja maduraran.

                   Si no maduren el dia de Pasqua,
                   maduraran en el dia del Ram.
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EN (English)                              transl. 2019 Ion Mittler

--  To the Child of a Mother  --
--  (El noi de la mare in English)  --

VERSE 1            What would I give to the Child of a mother,
                   what could I bring that will the Child please?

                   Dates with olives, bread and butter,
                   nuts and honey and fresh white cheese.

VERSE 2            What would I give to the Child of Mary,
                   beautiful Boy in His manger so small?

                   Basket of savory food I can carry,
                   sizable figs and raisins all.

VERSE 3            Tam-pa-tam-tam, the figs fall in the basin,
                   ram-pa-ram-pam, the hard nuts bounce too.

                   Child is yet small, He's only milk eating,
                   fallen asleep, as we banquet do.
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FI (Finnish)                              transl. 2019 Ion Mittler

--  Lapselle äidin  --
--  (El noi de la mare suomeksi)  --

VERSE 1            Mitä antaisimme Lapselle äidin,
                   mikähän Pienelle maistua vois?

                   Tuoretta viikunaa kanssa oliivin,
                   valkoista juustoa meillä myös ois.

VERSE 2            Mitä antaisin Pojalle Marian,
                   Lapselle kauniille kaukalossaan?

                   Pieniä leipiä kanssa hunajan,
                   pähkinääkin minä tuotua saan.

VERSE 3            Tam-pa-tam-tam, putoo viikunat kulhoon,
                   ram-pa-ram-pam, kovat pähkinät myös.

                   Vielä ei Lapsonen syö kuin maitoo,
                   nukkumaan käy, me kun valvomme yön.
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CA (Catalan):    ca. 1800 trad. Catalonia
EN (English):    transl. (C) CC BY-SA 4.0 2019 Ion Mittler
                 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
FI (Finnish):    transl. (C) CC BY-SA 4.0 2019 Ion Mittler
                 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/