BREZHONET
Gwilherm Kerambrun (1813-1852)
Guillaume Kerambrun was born in 1813 in Begard (Cotes d''Armor), near Lannion and was an attorney in this town.
He collected folk ballades for the benefit of Jean-Marie Penngwern.
His kin, François-Marie Luze, another and more famous ballades collector, said that he wrote himself some of ballades, but there is no proof of this fact.
Deceasing at the age of 39, he left a few texts unpublished, one of them, the Witch Ahez,
being discovered in the next century.
Ahes was a legendary fairy or witch said to have build megalithic monuments or to be the founder of Kar-Ahes (Carhaix). The same name is for King Gradlon''daughter who, under the influence of the Devil, brought Ker-Is (i.e. Is-town) to be submersed.
Gwrac''h Ahez
Erru Gwrac''h Ahez en hor bro,
Kasomp mein bras war an hencho.
Kasomp mein bras ha mein bihan War an hent bras e-kreiz al lann.
An erer du, an erer glas
Zo en dachenn o c''hoari vazh
Hag an den kozh a lavare
En e goasez war Venez Bre :
"Gwell ar gernez hag ar vosenn
Evit ar Wrac''h en hor c''hichen,
Gwell a ve brezel ha marv
''Vit Gwrac''h Ahez ''n hon douaro.
''Ma- Gwrac''h Ahez e penn al lann,
Honnezh ne zeu ket hec''h-unan.
Tavanteien a zo ganti
Ha kezeg gwenn ouzh he c''hirri,
Hag ar gernez, gwenn ''vel an erc''h,
War gein un heizez ''zeu war lec''h.
Ar Brezel gwall, ar Brezel taer
A zeu war-lec''h gant an erer,
Gant ar bleizi, gant ar brini,
''Zeu da glask kig tud da zebri-.
Ar Vosenn du, ar Vosenn wenn
A zeu war-lec''h en ur c''harr prenn.
En ur c''harr prenn o wigourat,
An Ankou treut o charreat.
War-lec''h honnezh ne ...
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