Ladin or Romanese.

11 Ün hum veva dus filgs.

12 Ad ilg juven da quels schet alg bab: Bab, mi dai la part da la rauba c' aud' á mi. Ad ed parchè or ad els la rauba.

13 A bucca bears gis suenter, cur ilg filg juven vet tut mess ansemel, scha tila l' navent en ünna terra dalunsch, a lou sfiget el tut sia rauba cun viver senza spargn.

14 A cur el vet tut sfaig, scha vangit ei en quella terra ün gronæ fumaz, ad el antshavel a ver basengs.

15 Ad el mà, a sa plidè cun ün burgeis da quella tetra, a quel ilg tarmatet or sin ses beins a parcherar ils porcs.

Rumanyo.

1 Bela in larga valle amblà,
2 Erba verde lin caleà:

3 Cantà, qui cantand plangeà,
4 Quod toti munti resunà:
5 Ea in genunchi se puneà,
6 Ochi in sus indireptà:
7 Ecce, asi vorbe faceà:

8 Domne, domne, bune domne!

9 Nuce, fagu, frassinu, 10 Mult se certa intra séne. 11 Nuce, dice frassinu, 12 Quine vine, nuci cullege. 13 Culligend si ramuri frange: 14 Vaide dar de pelle a tua! 15 Da tu fage, mi recine,

16 Que voi spune in ménte tene: 17 Multe fere saturasi:

18 Qui prébéne nu amblasi; 19 Quum se an genu apropiat 20 La pament te an si culcat,

21 Si in focu te an si aruncat, &c.

Roumansch or Enghadine.

11 Un crastien haveiva dos filgs.

12 E 'l plü juven d' els diss al bap: Bap, da 'm la part dalla raba ch' Im tocca. E'l bap partit ad els la raba.

13 E pauc dids davo, il filg plü juven, haviand miss insemmel ogni chiaussa, giet el inavaunt seis viadi in pajais luntaun, è qua dissipet el sias facultads, vivana dissoluta maing.

14 E dapo ch' el havet spais ogni chiaussa, vene una greiva charestia in quel pajais, tal ch'el cumanzet ad havair besoeng.

15 E giet, è s' matel cun ün dals havadad uors da quella contrada, il qual il tramatet sün seis bains, à perchürar ils porcs.

Latin.

Puella in larga valle ambulabat,
Herbam viridem leniter calcabat:
Cantabat, et cantando plangebat,
Ut omnes montes resonarent:
Illa in genua se ponebat,
Oculos sursum dirigebat:
Ecce, sic verba faciebat:
Domine, domine, bone domine!

Nux, fagus, fraxinus,
Multa decertant inter se.
Nux, dicit fraxinus,
Quisquis venit, nuces legit.
Colligendo ramos frangit:
Væ itaque pelli tuæ !
At tu fage, mi vicine,
Quæ exponam mente tene:
Multas feras saturasti:
At haud bene ambulasti;
Quum gelu appropinquat
Ad pavimentum te deculcant,
Ad focum projiciunt, &c.

1 A girl in a large valley was walking, 2 The verdant herbage she was gently treading:

3 She was singing, and with singing she was lamenting,

4 So that all the mountains resounded:

5 She upon her knees was dropping, 6 Her eyes upwards she was directing:

7 Lo, thus she was speaking: 8 Lord, lord, good lord!

9 A walnut, a beech, an ash,

10 Much dispute among themselves.

11 Walnut, says the ash, 12 Whoever comes, picks nuts. 13 With picking them he breaks the branches:

14 Alas, therefore, for your bark! 15 But you beech, my neighbour, 16 What I set forth retain in mind: 17 Many beasts have you satiated: 18 But not well have you fared; 19 When ice approaches

20 To the pavement they tread you down,

21 To the hearth they fling you forth, &c.