Rossinyol
(Traditional Catalan)
Joan Baez
https://youtu.be/BFGZzH36liM?si=yr970bu54xdg_Ao8
Manel Lluis
Victoria de Los Angeles
https://youtu.be/Iks6FJfAVys?si=e2-9-QZFHfPXZKlI
Diana Pequeno
Cor Trobada
Nana Mouskouri
A splendid Catalan popular song, possibly dating from the 13th century: it is part of a tradition called "la bella mal maridada" -" the beautiful girl badly married".
Rossinyol
(Catalan)
Rossinyol, que vas a França, rossinyol,
encomana'm a la mare, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
Encomana'm a la mare, rossinyol,
i a mon pare no pas gaire, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
Perquè m'ha mal maridada, rossinyol,
a un pastor me n'ha dada, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
Que em fa guardar la ramada, rossinyol,
he perduda l'esquellada, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
Jo t'he de donar per paga, rossinyol,
un petó i una abraçada, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
Rossinyol, que vas a França, rossinyol,
encomana'm a la mare, rossinyol,
d'un bell boscatge rossinyol d'un vol.
(English)
Nightingale, that flies to France, nightingale,
give my love to my mother, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
Please give my love to my mother, nightingale,
but not much to my father, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
For he imposed me to marry, nightingale,
giving me to a shepherd, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
He makes me guard the flock, nightingale,
and I have lost the bellwether, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
I have nothing to reward you with, nightingale,
nothing but a kiss and a hug, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
Nightingale, that flies to France, nightingale,
give my love to my mother, nightingale,
from a beautiful grove, nightingale, in one flight.
