Lou coucut
Language: Occitan
Available translation(s): ENG
Lou coucut oqu'os un áuzel Que n'io pas capt plus de to bel Coumo lou coucut qué canto, Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut, è lou coucut dès autrès ! Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ? Per obal, found del prat, Sé ni’o un áubré flourit è gronat, Qué lou coucut l'i canto. Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut, E lou coucut des autrès. Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ? E se toutse les coucuts Bou lioù pourta souneto, ô ! forióu çin cent troumpetoï ! Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut, E lou coucut des autrès. Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ?
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - 1957), "Lou coucut" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne IV, no. 6, French title: "Le coucou" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The cuckoo", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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