Hey Nada: Can We Get a Translation?

[Gabriela]

I just discovered this song by "The Singing Nun", which I'm sure you know.

Will you translate it for us?

 

[truthfinder]

32 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

I just discovered this song by "The Singing Nun", which I'm sure you know.

Will you translate it for us?

 

If you don't need a literal translation, I just read through and compared this one, which in practical terms is close enough.

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/dominique-dominique.html

 

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/dominique-dominique.html#ixzz41WYGLGYL
 

Dominique

Versions: #1#2

Refrain :
   Dominique -inique -inique
   Went about simply,
   A poor singing traveller.
   On every road, in every place,
   He talks only of the Good Lord,
   He talks only of the Good Lord.

At the time when Bad King John
Was the sovereign of England
Dominic, our father,
Fought against the Albigensians.

Refrain

One day, a heretic,
Through the brambles him leads,
But our father Dominic,
With his cheer him does convert.

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With neither camel nor haste,
Throughout Europe he goes on foot
Scandinavia and Provence
In holy poverty.

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He sets alight at every school
Girls and boys full of ardour,
And to spread the Word
The Dominican Friars he did found.

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For Dominique and his brothers
Bread did become sparse
When two angels did appear
With them great chunks of eggy bread.

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Dominique sees in a dream
Preachers all around the world
Under the cloak of the Virgin
In great number assembled.

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Dominique, my dear father,
Keep us simple and jolly
To call to our brothers
The Way and the Truth1

Refrain

[NadaTeTurbe]

Oh this song ! I'm going to have it in my head for the whole week. 

The litteral name of the singer is "Sister Smile". She was a dominican nun, but she left the order and had a tragic end-of-life. Some little corrections to the translation :

   Dominique -inique -inique
   Went simply to God, poor and singing,
          On every road, in every place,
   He talks only of the Good Lord,
   He talks only of the Good Lord.

At the time when Bad King John (we call him "Jean Sans Terre", John without Land, but I guess that Bad King John is his nickname here ?)
Was the sovereign of England
Dominic, our father,
Fought against the Albigensians.

One day, a heretic,
leads him through the bramble
But our father Dominic,
Converts him with his joy. 

With neither camel nor carriage
Throughout Europe he goes on foot
In Scandinavia and Provence
In holy poverty.

He sets alight every school
Girls and boys full of ardour,
And to spread the Word
He invented/created the Preacher Brothers

For Dominique and his brothers
Bread did become sparse
When two angels did appear
With them great chunks of eggy bread.

Dominique sees in a dream
Preachers all around the world
Under the cloak of the Virgin
In great number assembled.

Dominique, my dear father,
Keep us simple and jolly
To announce to our brothers
The Way and the Truth1

[camille43]

About : "Bad King John (we call him "Jean Sans Terre", John without Land, but I guess that Bad King John is his nickname here"

His name and nickname are  :

King John of England (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland .

 

[Gabriela]

Great! Thank you for this!  

[Makarioi]

I still have the album I had as a kid!!