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Lou Bal dòu Plan  
(The Dance of Le Plan-de-Contes)
Nissart lyrics by Eugène Emanuel. Traditional from County of Nice.
Gustav Adolf Mossa composed a waltz according to the lyrics of Eugène Emanuel.
| 1st verse |
Louis, lou bèu Louis, qu’embé la sièu pouchetta
Fa tresailli lou couor de touti li filletta,
N’en souon’au Plan,
A jà l’arquet en man, leila ! (twice) | | Louis, the beautiful Louis, who, with his small fiddle,
Makes the heart of all little girls thrill,
Is playing at Le Plan-de-Contes,
He has already the bow in his hand, leila! (twice) |
2nd verse |
Lou Plan offr’ai dansur la sièu bella parura,
L’oumbra dei castagnié, un tapis de verdura.
Ah ! Cour’ dansas,
Belli, venès au Plan, leila ! (twice) | | Le Plan-de-Contes offers to the dancers its beautiful finery,
The shade of its chestnut trees, a carpet of greenery.
Ah! When you dance,
Belles, let come at Le Plan-de-Contes, leila ! (twice) |
3rd verse |
Pichouni, noun cregnès de fà la cambarota.
Aquì, sensa dangié, si galopa, si trotta
E se toumban,
Sus lou mouol esquihan, leila ! (twice) | | Little girls, don’t be afraid to do the caper.
Here, without danger, it is galloped, it is trotted
And if we fall down,
On soft falls our backbone, leila ! (twice) |
4th verse |
Lu cant, lu riquiquì de la banda joioua
Reveilleran lou couor de la mèn amouroua.
E cour’ dansan
S’approcierà plan, plan, leila ! (twice) | | The songs, the cries (1) of the merry band
Will awake the heart of the least amorous girl.
And when we dance
She will approach slowly, slowly, leila ! (twice) |
5th verse |
Auprès dei bei garçoun, en sautant sus l’erbeta,
L’amour trioumferà e veirèn li fiheta
Dire : Dansen,
Dansen fin à deman, leila ! (twice) | | Close to the beautiful boys, leaping on the small grass,
Love will triumph and it will be seen the small girls
Say: let’s dance,
Let’s dance up to tomorrow, leila ! (twice) |
6th verse |
Coura vendrà la nuech, que l’oumbra serà spassa,
Si dèurèn separà ; ma embé mai de tendressa
Coura dansan
Li belli revendran, leila ! (twice) | | When will come the night, when shade will be pitch-black,
We will have to separate; but with more tenderness
When we dance
The belles will come back, leila ! (twice) |
7th verse |
Cad’an, au mès de Mai, embé l’erba nouvella,
Emb’ai bouissoun en flou, cour’ lou plesi n’appella,
Louis, au Plan,
Aurà l’arquet en man, leila ! (twice) | | Each year, on May, with the new grass,
With bushes in blossom, when pleasure calls us,
Louis, at Le Plan-de-Contes,
Will have the bow in his hand, leila ! (twice) |
1. Riquiquì: cry of joy in a falsetto voice.
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