Sokann' Fuddem Uttun(u) - Dekhni
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Sokann' Fuddem Uttun(u)
Getting up early in the morning
Type: Deknni
Source: Lourdinho Barreto. Goemchem Git. Pustok
Musical form: Binary
Literary form: Narrative
Translated by Romano Abreu, Moira, Goa, June 2003
Sokann' fuddem uttun(u)
Rising early in the morning,
Cheddun mhum rê vattlleo ganxtalem
The girl was scrubbing plates.
Tem mhaka dekna fuddem, vattlent(u) lipolem.
No sooner she saw me, she hid behind the plates.
Cheddum, cheddum, cheddum kuparilem
The girl, the girl, the girl of the godfather,
Cheddum, cheddum kurparilem
The girl, the girl of the godfather.
Chintlolem kamum, chintolem kamum
Whatever I thought, whatever I thought,
Zal're moguelem.
I succeeded.
Sokann' fuddem uttun(u)
Rising early in the morning,
Cheddum mhum rê tambio ganxtalem
The girl was scrubbing a potlet.
Tem mhaka dekna fuddem tambiant(u) lipolem.
No sooner she saw me, she hid behind a potlet.
Cheddum, cheddum, cheddum kuparilem
The girl, the girl, the girl of the godfathe,r
Cheddum, cheddum kurparilem
The girl, the girl of the godfather.
Chintlolem kamum, chintolem kamum
Whatever I thought, whatever I thought,
Zal're moguelem.
I succeeded.
Sokann' fuddem uttun(u)
Rising early in the morning,
Cheddum mhum rê san(i) mat'talem
The girl was sweeping.
Tem mhaka dekna fuddem san'nint(u) lipolem.
No sooner she saw me, she hid behind the broom.
Cheddum, cheddum, cheddum kuparilem
The girl, the girl, the girl of the godfather,
Cheddum, cheddum kurparilem
The girl, the girl of the godfather.
Chintlolem kamum, chintolem kamum
Whatever I thought, whatever I thought,
Zal're moguelem.
I succeeded.