"An Alarc'h" - Breton Patriotic Song

A traditional song from Brittany about the return of Lord John from exile in Britain from the 1300s
My channel is dedicated to anthems, hymns and patriotic songs, here is the link to our discord server: / discord

[@bubbymauskopf5476]

I am French. Even if I am not from Brittany at all, I would be really sad to see that language die. I am really busy with my work and studies at the moment. But after I graduate and have more free time, I would like to learn Breton to help this culture and language to stay alive.

[@AGOOKS_FS]

Il y aussi des français ici , je suis breton

[@Ali-bu6lo]

Just you learning isn't enough, the government in Paris must be pressured to help or at least not stand in the way.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@Ali-bu6lo You mean just like London did to Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Guernesey and Jersey own languages.

[@Belisariuslover]

@@ommsterlitz1805 What is you point exactly, my friend?

[@Ali-bu6lo]

@@ommsterlitz1805 I don't know what's your point but the last time I checked there are schools in Wales which use Welsh as the language of instruction which is really essential to the survival of an endangered language. As far as I know the same was proposed for Breton in France but it was rejected since according to the law, French should be the sole language of education.

[@tekbros2901]

Heres to our celtic brothers, love from ireland ❤ 🇮🇪

[@jakecraftlawrance7206]

Awesome to see Brenton songs recognized! I'm proud of my Breton surname.

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

Same

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

My surname is Irish, but it was made by a noble from Brittany

[@malocostedoat626]

​@@CONSTANTINEXI63 what is it?

[@malocostedoat626]

What is it?

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

@@malocostedoat626 Dillon

[@tibsky1396]

The song recounts the triumphal return from exile of Duke Jean IV, to reconquer his duchy, after having been driven out six years earlier by his subjects. However, the independence of the duchy being even more threatened without him than with him, the Breton lords had sent a delegation to England where he had found refuge to ask him to return. He then landed in Dinard on August 3, 1379 to regain the throne of Brittany. The "traitor" at the end of the song would be the Breton knight Bertrand Du Guesclin constable of France.

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

Lyrics in Cornish for fun. Un alargh, alargh tira mor Un alargh alargh tira mor War'n tour mool kastel Arvor Din din don dhe'n bresel dhe'n bresel o Din din don dhe'n bresel av vy Nowodhow vas dhe'n Vretonyon Nowodhow vas dhe'n Vretonyon Ha malloth rudh dhe'n Frankyon Din din don dhe'n bresel dhe'n bresel o Din din don dhe'n bresel av vy Wrug un lester pleg an mor Wrug un lester pleg an mor Wrug golyow gwynn gans ygor Din din don dhe'n bresel dhe'n bresel o Din din don dhe'n bresel av vy Dehweles an Arlodh Yowann a-dro Dehweles an Arlodh Yowann a-dro Dehweles yw gwitha y vro Din din don dhe'n bresel dhe'n bresel o Din din don dhe'n bresel av vy Enor enor dhe'n gwynn ha du Enor enor dhe'n gwynn ha du Ha dhe'n draytouresow malloth rudh Din din don dhe'n bresel dhe'n bresel o Din din don dhe'n bresel av vy Couple of things though, Some missed consonant mutations. Used 'un' as indefinite article when it is unsure if Cornish had one. Late cornish might have developed one. No reason why I did this, just thought it would be cool to compare them.

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

Interesting to see that bretons called the french C’hallaoued (based on gauls) and Cornish called them Frankyon, based on the franks

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

@@masterdeetectiv9520 my best guess would be because of the bretons having much more interaction with gaulish peoples than other celtic groups. The Welsh and Cornish don't have a specifically derived word, it's just "gal" in both. Also would be relevant to mention that revived cornish contains many loan words from Welsh, Breton and English.

[@thecha4570]

Do you speak Cornish?

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

@@thecha4570 not the greatest or most fluent but can do conversation.

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

@ Austria Productions they are closely related languages, just thought it would be nice to share.

[@marthsmask5798]

"Happy news for the Bretons": *silence* "And red curse to the French": *applaus*

[@tibsky1396]

Basically the same logic with the Irish, Scots and Welsh for the English.

[@romainmodestie8844]

@@tibsky1396lol don’t worry it’s only folklore, people in brittany are all pro migrants leftist, joints smokers and fuckin hippies

[@ferretman6790]

Based

[@ServantOfOdin]

Given the history between the two, that is no wonder.

[@frenchempire9471]

Hopefully nates likes autonomy because she will not be independent

[@doomisbetterthenomori]

Proud to be breton !

[@keroabl1587]

Ha komz a rit brezhoneg?

[@MaceY._.]

And I bet you can't even introduce yourself in Brenton. What a shame for a nation that forget it's own languge. You, Celtics are the biggest example for this. English and French influence killed your languages and your own identity, and you let them...

[@Je_suis_Shiro]

Moi aussi !

[@Supernimo735]

Proud to be 666 like!

[@hany_35]

Moi aussi :D ! C'est la plus belle région de France 😌.

[@jean-raouldu2918]

I'm Breton and thank you for sharing this great song👍

[@rcroissant3573]

La pp de Kokomi 👌

[@zulthyr1852]

A very intriguing language and culture indeed; greetings to Breizh from Indonesia! Never let your heritage die out!

[@Tenvalmestr]

Sadly, it's almost to late. The french destroyed our traditions and languages, and now people don't really know what being a breton should mean.

[@loicjego1588]

Thanks my friend "Make Nusantara Great Again !"

[@ghandithesupremeleader9740]

Eh indo

[@zulthyr1852]

@@ghandithesupremeleader9740 indo juga bang?

[@BlueDusk95]

It's continental Welsh.

[@HarmoniusLeo]

Ooh I never heard of this before, thank you Ingen for bringing this lovely melody to my ears! ❤

[@seronymus]

why your prussian eagle lampin' back

[@HarmoniusLeo]

​@@seronymus its a fictional flag I made for myself actually!

[@giacgiac21]

@@HarmoniusLeo isnt took from the freistaat preussen

[@HarmoniusLeo]

@@giacgiac21 it is from the Free State of Prussia in 1918!

[@giacgiac21]

@@HarmoniusLeo ok

[@CanardierLeBreton35]

Thanks for sharing my country song🥰🙌🏻

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

But it's not a country

[@thatonepole]

​@@user-gr9fq9gt9wyet.

[@pommeterre5198]

​@@user-gr9fq9gt9wit's not a country. .. yet Love from your Picard neighbour's

[@CanardierLeBreton35]

@@user-gr9fq9gt9w it was but France had a différent project 😔

[@strasbourgeois1]

@@pommeterre5198 never will be, traitorous pole

[@ohlsclason]

Breton songs are always fire! Thanks for sharing!

[@gaelswag]

Love from your Celtic brothers in Éire 💪

[@octavianeandracles5868]

7 Celtic nations but only one truly independant. Ireland helped many Breiz independant activists by giving them asylum after WW2. Eire go bragh ! Kengred !

[@TNOfan4093]

​@@octavianeandracles5868 7 or 6 ?

[@deucedwayne]

​@@TNOfan4093Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Manx, Cornish, Breton and Galician since it's half Roman half Celtic

[@rcroissant3573]

Great version, I'm proud to be breton, thank you for this video ! ✨

[@basiliusbourtchisua]

These Breton songs sound so unusual for patriotic ones! That's really cool

[@pyrenaea3019]

Love Bretons from the Basque Country ❤️ Stay strong

[@naydraa4216]

euskalduna zara?

[@Tenvalmestr]

Stay strong you too ! Do everything to keep your language alive while you can.

[@naydraa4216]

@@Tenvalmestr it will be alive as long as its mandatory in basque schools

[@pyrenaea3019]

@@Tenvalmestr Same!

[@pyrenaea3019]

@@naydraa4216 No, because our territory is small and we are being invaded by foreigners.

[@Yagh10]

0:34 "And a red curse to the French" *Applause*

[@bosertheropode5443]

*Everybody liked that*

[@bretagnejean2410]

We hate french. Named a person " parisian" is an insult there.

[@TNOfan4093]

​@@bretagnejean2410 Change ton pseudo en "Breizh Yann", ça sera déjà plus crédible

[@RealOGfikey]

Ffantastig! Cariad mawr gan un o'ch brodyr Celtaidd o Gymru. 💓💓

[@binky1612]

Beautiful song, greetings and respect from your Celtic brother from Wales

[@lawrencep8923]

It's been a good few years since I've been to Brittany but God do I miss it. Such a beautiful place, proud of my heritage from the peninsula

[@martuuk3598]

Pour ceux qui se demandent, le château qu'on peut voir dans la vidéo, celui qui borde la corniche et se jette dans la mer. C'est le Fort La Latte, sur la commune de Plévenon, chez moi ! 😉

[@luke1738]

I love your Channel! Please continue to make such good Videos!

[@kampfkartoffel8994]

BRETON INDEPENDENCE!!!

[@yeetingat100subs9]

Never knew Breton was such a cool language, i really like the way it sounds

[@bretagnejean2410]

Listen menez daou ramoneur menhir. Breton punk.

[@yeetingat100subs9]

@@bretagnejean2410 Thank you man, It was great. Immediately added to playlist heh

[@user-qy3jq9kr1d]

The Picts definitely spoke a Bretonic language. You can hear where Scots get half of their accent from in this song.

[@TNOfan4093]

La destruction des cultures régionales est l'une de nos pires erreurs. Notre force réside précisément dans le surpassement de la simple identité française

[@yezholein9252]

Glad to see this song on your channel, bevet Breizh !

[@conn128]

this message goes out to all celts, keep your countries language alive, irish and scottish gaelic, manx, cornish, breton and any others, even if its just place names or simple greetings, keep your culture alive

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Pwysig.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@hubertbdlb2228]

Finally ! I've been waiting for this one !

[@andreaspropst2708]

Set to the tune of Twa Corbies / The Three Ravens / Die Rabenballade. A mighty, mythic tune. Brilliant. Thanks and salutations to the kind uploader.

[@enderdarkos4087]

Opposite actually! Twa Corbies is set to the tune of An Alarc'h!

[@funnt.8366]

Hi Ingen, i love this Breton special video. I'm Occitan (Occitania) and rarely saw occitan folk/patriotic folk songs so can do one please ? Also can it be a song from the pyrennes ? I can speak the pyrennean dialect if you need help thank you !!

[@masterdeetectiv9520]

The resemblance to other Indo-european languages is very slight but it is still noticeable

[@ThyLordOfThePing]

Yes thank you breton songs are always appreciated

[@Nickolas526]

As always, great work.

[@BeryAb]

Yo, epic! This song is one of my favourites.

[@TheStickCollector]

I like the instruments. Sounds lovely

[@user-gp7kg5kd8j]

So sweet to ears

[@PaulO-rr1gz]

Some of this is understandable in Gaelic. Eala swan, Muir one word for ocean, Dubh black, And I think Rua (ruz is red?) Tràigh (is tra beach?)

[@bretagnejean2410]

Funny we have old location named in gaelic in brittany. Old breton look like more gaelic .

[@georgethakur]

Ruz is red, yes Tra/tre/dre means "by", as in "by sea" Greetings -- Éirinn go Brách

[@ignacioignogrundinglestheg9089]

Beach / sand is actually "traezh" in Breton

[@TaxiDriver_Melix7987]

Breton language - one of the most romantic ones!

[@siebertlimpens7213]

I love this 😢 let the Celtic languages not dying! ❤

[@abdelmalekmetidji]

It's Celtic then !! i speak French and I was really confused 😅 , what happened to this language?

[@siebertlimpens7213]

@@abdelmalekmetidji Almost gone

[@abdelmalekmetidji]

@@siebertlimpens7213 that's sad 😢

[@siebertlimpens7213]

@@abdelmalekmetidji idc

[@pepin8277]

its called the French republic not recognising native minor languages :/ @@abdelmalekmetidji

[@spedrun]

This is alan stivell i believe I really wish ingen credited the singers, it's not that much effort

[@vladsiminica2801]

Hey Ingen , can you make video " Tri Martolod " - Breton folk song by Nolwenn Leroy, please ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@iamnotgerman]

the most epic return

[@JustAnadaHaole]

Amazing song once again

[@mug9315]

@Ingen , do not forgot to place that in the celtic playlist !

[@HrLBolle]

can't put my mental finger on the answer as to why I feel familiarity with the song foundation. I know a song that sounds in the music surprisingly similar, I seem to recall it being a song by Corvus Corax just found the song in question: Corvus Corax Totentanz from their Tempi Antiquii album

[@hyliarmetancanira]

c'est beau. merci!

[@zoetropo1]

Is there a Breton song about Alan ar-Rouz? I know there are Old French poems that praise his prowess, and a remarkable Latin epitaph, and a panoply of legends.

[@yrohugo1381]

Proud to be Breton ✊

[@BlueDusk95]

There's a Scottish version of this song called "Twa Corbies" (Two Ravens).

[@danielnurminen9418]

love this song

[@chippiepoi]

Ingen has returned to his Breton posting (:

[@Nick-zl5xf]

I will always love Brittany. I learned French while studying there and regret so much not learning any Breton

[@badpiggies988]

Learn it now :)

[@Nick-zl5xf]

@@badpiggies988 I’m in the middle of learning Euskara, another threatened regional language, but Brezhoneg is on the list

[@TNOfan4093]

​@@Nick-zl5xf Basque ? Good luck

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@Nick-zl5xf why would you do that? They wont help you at all! They are ugly languages too, its the truth.

[@TNOfan4093]

​@@mojewjewjew4420 They are far from being ugly

[@danielmouzootero4353]

From Galicia, long live the Breton language!

[@TNOfan4093]

I love Galicia. I hope I'll visit it someday

[@danielmouzootero4353]

@@TNOfan4093 good luck with it, we have a very beautiful land, bit rainy, but it's what makes it green :)

[@marekstypukowski7382]

@Ingen give us the ability to add subtitles in multiple languages.

[@catherinelefrere5003]

Un grand merci à cet irremplaçable Breton, Alan Stivel !!! BZH

[@azetismestudio3059]

Fun fact : Ubisoft means Union des Bretons Indépendants Software

[@gamermapper]

Et Alcatel veut dire Alsacienne de constructions atomiques, de télécommunications et d'électronique.

[@alba12840]

Yes more breton love from alba🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@penderyn8794]

Alarch means Swan in the cousin language of Welsh lol

[@lafranchehermine]

Let's gooooooooo !!!!! Trugarez vras dit Ingen !

[@RiverWidow]

love from occitania to are breton brothers all up is the north west

[@cristian427]

Love Bretons from Galicia! Stay strong brothers

[@strasbourgeois1]

😂

[@gwump5809]

Love to Galicia, Thank you, we must stick together, Ar chas doñv 'yelo da ouez!

[@deucedwayne]

​@@strasbourgeois1cry more frog eater

[@gwump5809]

Bretons, we shall be free, The French have crushed us, but we are resilient we will win this fight! Ar chas doñv 'yelo da ouez!

[@_zqn]

Lol, tu comptes faire ca comment exactement?

[@user-fy4si2dt9c]

superbe des frissons partout vive cette bretagne si belle si forte

[@user-hj6tc6oc1g]

Greetings from Bulgaria! Independence for Breton and Corsica!

[@TNOfan4093]

Corsican independentism is still pretty strong, but the Breton one is irrelevant now. Most Breton nationalists just want autonomy inside of France

[@TheFrenchscot]

Bretagne has been French for 500 years and Corsica for 240 years. I don't think it's relevant to talk about independence. It's true though that the real diversity of France is its regions, not immigration from Africa. It should be recognized more.

[@pihuynanik]

No, normal people hate separatists

[@_zqn]

Why would they be independant

[@mirjanaivankovic2656]

I love how the song is unstable if i can say so and does not follow a real melody,and is also very mixed at a point,it sounds like a nice song.

[@rejvaik00]

Ar chaz doñv 'yelo da ouez!

[@wowzaabean]

1:30 what is this instrument?

[@TNOfan4093]

A pipe, most likely

[@ignacioignogrundinglestheg9089]

it's called a bombard

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Love this song. Da iawn 👍.

[@badpiggies988]

Protect your language and culture! Love from USA

[@spamlord7570]

No. Breton language has been dead for centuries. Regionalism is dead, there is only France.

[@gamermapper]

​@@spamlord7570 *Ha mallozh ruz d'ar C'hallaoued!*

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

​​@@spamlord7570*Ar chas doñv 'yelo d'ouez*

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

YAS, MORE BRITTANY!

[@goulven05]

Hello Bretons, may your country achieve independence soon! Best wishes from Brazil! 🖤🤍🇧🇷

[@TNOfan4093]

I'll be extremely blunt : Breton independentism is really minor today. Most people simply want autonomy inside of the French Republic

[@goulven05]

@@TNOfan4093 In history nothing is impossible

[@TNOfan4093]

@@goulven05 We'll see, we'll see. Impossibility isn't the same than extreme unlikeliness

[@_zqn]

Why would they be independant wtf

[@TheSergentChaotix]

🇫🇷🤝#emojibzh Long life to all cultures part of France, regional languages, accents and identities are part of our history

[@Tenvalmestr]

Yeah, thank you France for killing our language by beating children, Vive la France !.......

[@adjoftce6547]

@@Tenvalmestr ça fait 500 ans qu'on est français et même avant on était des vassaux de la France, aujourd'hui on est la région française la plus gauchiste alors jouer les indépendants/nationalistes, c'est touchant.

[@strasbourgeois1]

@@adjoftce6547 c est la vie 😂😂😂

[@adjoftce6547]

@@strasbourgeois1 ça me fume trop, ça vote pour des Macron, Mélenchon ou même un Hamon qui te dit être choquer de voir autant de blancs en Bretagne, qu'il diversifier la bretagne et ça croit encore à un revirement nationaliste mdr On a les plus gros usines à gauchiste de France avec nos universités, on détient le record de djihadistes français converti à l'islam parti en Syrie, mais ça vient nous parler d'un surcroit culturelle menant à une indépendance patriote bretonne, c'est pas la France qui à détruit la Bretagne mais nous même, on aurait pu être fière et natio comme les basques, occitans, Normand ou Corse, mais non, à la place on est le digne élève de mai 68

[@Tenvalmestr]

@@adjoftce6547 Je répondrai à ton commentaire le jour ou tu liras des livres sur l'histoire de la Bretagne. Clairement, tu ne connais pas le sujet.

[@aidanpower7115]

Respect to britany from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@BlackredHonor]

badass song

[@viatka_post]

Прекрасная песня, бретонский и хайлендский шотландский - красивейшие в Европе.

[@Kiritsun]

В кельтских языках есть очарование, которого нет в других языках.

[@deucedwayne]

​@@Kiritsungoogle translator user detected

[@AGOOKS_FS]

Hello from breton ❤

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

The song is straight forward

[@nice5396]

Kinda missed the Britonic music. Very unique and beautiful language. Interesting to know how wide ranging the Celtic people were compared to what they are now. Good luck for them atleast!

[@naydraa4216]

This song makes me feel patriotic towards Brittany

[@Fleming375]

Text: "to the battle i'll go" and another five million words, what i hear: din din din dong din din dong

[@mosinM-so5ng]

why isnt breton its own country anymore?

[@adjoftce6547]

Britanny isn't a country since 1532

[@TheSergentChaotix]

@@adjoftce6547 Even before 1532, Britanny wasn't a country but a Duchy, vassal of France.

[@rejvaik00]

It was conquered but the culture and language has persisted despite that And even when France was eradicating it's minorities their cultural heritage and languages to promote national unity, a small sliver of that still survived Will it continue to survive in to the next century however, remains to be seen

[@TNOfan4093]

Duchess of Brittany Ann married King of France Charles the Eighth in the 15th century, that's why

[@tibsky1396]

Because it would fragment the nation. I think it's the same in all countries, the nation-state system is quite recent. Not only Bretons, but also Occitans/Provençals, Alsatians, Basques etc... If the centralists follow this logic, it is because many regions of France should be independent, because each had a specific regional language and culture since medieval times.

[@GlaxAScrimus]

Absolutely based.

[@ymeunier3720]

My holy land, it's living once again✨

[@BlackHoE4566]

Love Brittany from Uk🇬🇧

[@zizanetecordeiro1330]

Le gouvernement francais a de projects de conservation de la culture et de la langue bretons?

[@hany_35]

Yaaaa 🥰 ! Trug' !

[@franzosischer_pappkarton]

Alan Stivell?

[@TNOfan4093]

Yes

[@TomfooleryOfTheTrolls]

A true Celtic Classic

[@letannouelouann-do7vt]

Long live Britany

[@DoubleWhopperWithCheese]

Je pense que votre traduction est faux. Si vous voulez dit "Vive la Bretagne" en anglais ce serait "Long Live Britanny". Aussi pardon, j'apprends la langue française et je pourrais me trompe. J'espère j'ai vous aidé. :D

[@saaractualcontent380]

Actual Content

[@bilalelhousni9866]

Please bretons preserve your langage

[@Thexxx27]

Nice

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Brittany about to rise up

[@Ettibridget]

Is Brittany working on independence or are they happy being with France?

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

The French nation realized that it was losing its minorities and now they work on reviving and repairing the damage done. There aren't simply enough Breton to win independence from France. But there are Movements active that want greater autonomy or full independence for Breizh.

[@mayanlogos92]

Awe😍

[@zacharieelfali3401]

The biggest larpers of the whole country. If a Breton doesn't mention that he's from there in a conversation at least one time per sentence, he's either sick or a liar.

[@sasha_ytube]

imagine a French tourist wearing red

[@The_Gur]

I hope we'll see a free Bretagne one day.

[@spamlord7570]

Free Britanny? My guy waaaaay more people speak French than Breton there 😂😂😂😂

[@The_Gur]

I'm aware of that, which is a shame, Celtic langauges are really beautiful and yet theyre spoken by so little... Similar case with Ireland, they got their Irish but mostly speak their former opressors language. If there would be a free Breton Country they could have Breton and French like Ireland with Irish and English. But Bretons should be educated about their historical oppresion by ever-expansionist France and aim to preserve their unique culture.

[@danziger9996]

@@The_Gur Time to decolonize their own territories. Europeans aren't interested (enough) in their own cultures. We always talk about how bad our ancestors were in former overseas colonies, but when it comes to regional suppressed cultures nobody gives a damn. Europe is going downhill. 😞

[@_zqn]

They are free as all french

[@gamermapper]

@@danziger9996 I actually disagree. The nationalist and minority language movements are much stronger for Europe than for the rest of the world. You really underestimate them. For God's sake, most of Africa that's already independent still largely uses European languages, cultures and identities. Go say in Africa that you think books and scientific documents should be written in their own African languages, they'll think you're crazy. Even the smallest villages only write down French and English, never any other language. In comparaison, a lot of stuff in Corsica and even Brittany is written in their languages, and you can find plenty of content in these languages on the Internet. And I'm not even talking about Native Americans, even tho they've been quite literally oppressed and their lands stolen, they don't even have any serious movement for independence and calling their homelands occupied, rather merely wanting basic land rights from the colonial government.

[@JSPAnimation]

breton is rightful slovenian territory

[@pnz6ausfj779]

XD

[@postacorona6746]

lol

[@Supernimo735]

No

[@rakal43]

​@@Supernimo735Yes

[@LucasSilva-if9wt]

Como assim? Eslovênia está longe da França. E como se eu falasse que a Índia é parte da Inglaterra. Obs: usei apenas de exemplo.