BASQUE SONG

"_Chorittoua, nourat houa,
Bi hegalez airian?
Espanalat jouaiteco,
Elhurra duc bortean.
Algarreki jouanen guiuc
Elhurra hourtzen denian._

"_San Josefen ermita
Desertion gora da.
Espanalat jouaiteco,
Han da goure pausada.
Guibelerat so'guin eta
Hasperrenak ardura?_

"_Hasperrena, habiloua
Maitiaren borthala.
Bihotzian sar hakio
Houra eni beçala;
Eta guero erran izoc
Nic igorten haidala._"

A graceful English version of the above is in existence, and will fitly
complement its original:

"Borne on thy wings amidst the air,
Sweet bird, where wilt thou go?
For if thou wouldst to Spain repair,