Ar Brezohneg
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A bep tu d’ar mor ’oa Kelted
Lod Predeniz, lod Galianed
Hag eus Breizh-Veur d’an Arvorig
E teuas tud bep un tammig
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Anvioù kozh, darn all nevez
Lok-, Lann- ha Plou-, ha Tre- ivez
Dornskridoù ’vel hini Leyden
A ziskouez ur yezh ’oa da lenn
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Lennegezh pobl a veg da veg
Krouiñ ’ra tud e brezhoneg
Gousperoù ar Raned war gan,
Gwenc’hlan, ’n Eostig, gwerz Skolvan
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Tost betek Roazhon, Naoned
Du-hont e lez an Duged
E veze komzet brezhoneg
Ha skrivet e Landevenneg
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Abred siwazh an Dugelezh,
Dielloù he melestradurezh
D’ar brezhoneg a droas kein
Setu galleg gravet er vein
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Koulskoude ar C’hatolikon
’Voe moullet a-raok mil-pemp-kant
Koshañ geriadur brezhonek
Ha koshañ geriadur gallek
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Skolioù ’oa evit da Yann Varzh
Deskiñ klotennoù diabarzh
Savet ’voe gwerzioù, kantikoù
C’hoariet ’veze misterioù
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E Breizh-Izel ar re vunut
A gomze o yezh, tout an dud
Peizanted, pesketourien
Ha betek noblañsoù bihan
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E Frañs a-bezh an holl yezhoù
A voe moullet war skritelloù
E penn-kentañ an Dispac’h bras
A-raok na grogfed d’o argas
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Kervarker, an Uhel, Saint-Prix,
Dastumet e voe a-zevri
Teñzorioù al lennegezh pobl
Na pegen kaer, na pegen nobl
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Mat-tre ar skol evit an holl
Met perak lakaat en argoll
Ar yezh komzet gant mamm ha tad?
N’eus er skol nemet yezh ar Stad
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Feiz-ha-Breiz ? Sur, met deomp pelloc’h
Gant Malmanche ha c’hoazh gant Kalloc’h
Gant Gwalarn ha gant Dihunamb
Savet zo ul lennegezh splann
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Ur radio brezhonek ganet fall
Re wir eo, n’eus ket da dortal
Reoù all zo bet abaoe
Kimerc’h, Bro-Gwened ha Kerne
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Goude ’r brezel, ur mell cheñch yezh
Brezhoneg dilezet a-bezh
Ar vugale, pebezh mallozh
Ne gomprenont mui o zud-kozh
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Met setu ’ta ma c’houlennont
Fest-noz, barzhoneg, son ha ton:
Stivell, Glenmor, Youenn Gwernig
Anjela, Mona ha Naig,
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Distro yezh ar vro er skolioù
Un Ofis, panelloù, mediaoù,
Komzit ’ta gant hoc’h amezeg
Lavaromp Ya d’ar brezhoneg
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On both sides of the sea there were Celts
Some were Britons, some were Gauls,
And from Britain to Armorica
People came over gradually
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Old place names, while others were new:
Lok-, Lann- and Plou-, and also Tre-
Manuscripts, like that of Leyden
Showing a language that was read
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Folk literature, word of mouth
The people create through Breton
Songs like Gousperoù ar Raned
Gwenc’hlan, ’n Eostig, gwerz Skolvan
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Nearly as far as Rennes and Nantes
Down there at the court of the Dukes
The Breton language was spoken
And written like in Landevenneg
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Early on, the Duchy, alas,
In its administrative documents,
Turned its back on Breton
Hence came French, set in stone
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The Catholicon, however,
Was printed before 1500
Oldest Breton dictionary,
Oldest French one as well
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There were schools for apprentice bards
To learn to write with internal rhymes
Laments and canticles were composed,
Mystery plays were staged
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In Lower-Brittany the common people
Spoke their language, everybody,
Peasants, fishermen,
And even the gentry
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Across France, all the languages
Were printed and posted on the walls
At the beginning of the French Revolution
Before coming under attack
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La Villemarqué, Luzel, Saint-Prix,
Collected with dedication
The treasures of folk literature
How beautiful, how noble
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School for all, that’s all very well,
But why put in jeopardy
The language that mum and dad speak?
At school there’s nothing but the State’s language
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Faith-and-Brittany ? Sure, but let’s go beyond that
With Malmanche and also with Calloc’h
With Gwalarn and with Dihunamb
A brilliant literature was written
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A Breton radio born at the wrong time
That is true, there is no denying it
We have had other radios since, though:
Kimerc’h, Bro-Gwened and Kerne
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After WWII, a huge language change
Breton is massively abandoned
Children – what a terrible curse –
Don’t unterstand their grand-parents any more
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But later the same ones will demand
Fest-noz, poetry, music and songs:
Stivell, Glenmor, Youenn Gwernig
Anjela, Mona and Naig,
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Brittany’s language is back in schools
A Public Office, roadsigns, medias,
C’mon, speak with your neighbour
Let’s all say Ya ! to Breton.
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