Miña mai
Miña mai por me casare
ofreceume canto tiña,
e agora que me casei,
pagóume cunha galiña.
Miña mai por me casare,
ofrecéume unha becerrae,
e agora que me casei,
díxome que lle morrera.
Miña mai por me casare
ofrecéume tres ovellas,
unha manca, outra torta,
outra cega e sin orellas.
Miña mai por me casare
ofrecéume un año tolo
e agora que me casei,
dixo que o comera o lobo.
Miña mai por me casare
meu pai por me dá-lo dote,
armaron unha regueifa,
rompéronlle os pes o pote.
Teño pena é alegría,
teño dous males a un tempom,
cando a pena me mata,
a alegría dame alento.
My Mother
My mother, for me to get married
She offered me a songbird,
And now that I got married,
She paid me with a chicken.
My mother, for me to get married,
She offered me a calf,
And now that I got married,
She told me it would die.
My mother, for me to get married,
She offered me three sheep,
One lame, one crooked,
One blind and earless.
My mother, for me to get married,
She offered me a crazy year,
And now that I got married,
She said the wolf would eat it.
My mother, for me to get married,
My father to give me the dowry,
They started a quarrel,
The pot broke his feet.
I have sorrow and joy,
I have two evils at once,
When sorrow kills me,
Joy gives me strength.