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Marta Elena Díaz García
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 Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:32 am Post subject: The frog and the toad |
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Hello:
This is a popular folk poem that my mother used to say me when I went to Candas with my friends.
Tando la rana sentada n’un sucu
Vieno el sapu, dioi un pucu
Diz la rana: “¿pa’ u vas?”
Diz el sapu: “Voy pa’ Candás”
Diz la rana: “Traime un mandil”
Diz el sapu: “¿De qué color?
Diz la rana: “De verde amor”
Diz el sapu: “Nun tengu dineru”
Diz la rana: “Téngolo yo”
Diz el sapu: “Trai pa’quí”
Diz la rana: “¡Mierda pa’ ti!”
The last stanza is not polite but it is very popular.
It is not a Becquer poem, but I like it.  
A tentative translation may be:
Being the frog sitted on a mound,
The toad came and gave it a kiss
The frog says: where are you going?
The toad says: I am going to Candas
The frog says: bring me an apron
The toad syas: what color?
The frog says: green, darling
The toad says: I have no money
The frog says: I have it
The toad says: Give it to me
The frog says: Go to hell!
In English is not the same...
...at least in my English 
Marta
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Art
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Do you think it was always about Candás, or could the place change as needed?
Is it meant for children? Was it sung or spoken?
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¿Crees que siempre habla de Candás, o puede el lugar cambiar según sea necesario?
Estaba ofrecido para los niños? Era cantado o hablado? |
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Marta Elena Díaz García
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Hello Art:
The town is Candás, it rhymes with "au´vas" (¿dónde vas?). This is the only version I have heard.
I do not believe it is especially for children  , but I am sure it like them, particularly the last verse  .
It is not a song  . I think it is a vulgar, small "romance".
Marta
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Hola Art,
La ciudad es Candás que rima con "au' vas", ¿dónde vas?). Al menos es la versión que he oído.
No creo que sea ún poema especialmente dedicado a niños, pero estoy segura de que les gusta, sobretodo la parte final.
No es una canción, mas bien creo que es una especie de pequeño romance "de andar por casa".
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Art
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, so it wasn't sung. When would something like this romance have been recited?
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Ah, entonces no se lo cantó. ¿Cuando (en cuales circunstancias) se recitó un romance así? |
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