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Nice en folie  
(Nice gone mad)
Official song of the carnival of Nice 1925
Nissart lyrics by Dominique Jules Mari, music by A. Pyns. Traditional from County of Nice.
The French original lyrics by Dominique Jules Mari are not reproduced here. The text given corresponds to the literal translation from the version in Nissart.
The theme for this year 1925 is “Marquis Louis XV” (Marquess Louis XV).
First page of the music sheet for Nice en folie, éd. H. Martin, 1924. | | 1st verse |
Courès dau Patagoun,
Venès toui d’en Prouvença,
De plesi n’aurès proun.
Prince de la finença,
Vautre lu miserous,
Laissas soucis mé pena,
Au diau li cadena !
Lou mounarca radious
Vous rendra toui urous ! | | Run up from Patagon (1),
Let all come in Provence (2),
Pleasure you will get sufficiently.
Princes of finance,
[And] you the destitute,
Leave worries and sorrows,
The devil take the chains!
The radiant monarch
Will make you happy! |
Chorus |
Couor alègre, foulìa en testa,
Cantas, sautas, faguès lu foual.
Ancuei si celebra la festa
Doù noastre buon rei Carneval ! (twice) | | Heart cheerful, madness in head,
Let sing, let jump, let mess.
Today is celebrated festival
Of our good king Carnival! (twice) |
2nd verse |
Metès vesta à careù,
Pierrot, arlequinada,
Fès parti samparteù,
Sourtès li mascarada
De touti li coulou.
Fla ! Lou gipe v’empasta !
E si ri qu n’en tasta !
Sautas, sias en calou,
Cantas lou rei doù jou ! | | Wear jacket with checks,
Pierrot, harlequinade,
Let off firecrackers,
Take out the disguises
Of all colours.
Wham! plaster (3) coats you!
And laughs the one who is tasting!
Let jump, be on heat,
Let sing king of the day! |
3rd verse |
S’aude que rifloun-floun
E cadun ientra en dansa
Mé l’amourous, Finoun
Bate la contradansa
E per toui lu rascas
La festa es generala !
Pertout es bacanala !
Cantas e resautas,
Noun serès jamai las ! | | It is heard only pom-pom
And everyone enter the dance
With his lover, Delphine
Beats the quadrille
And for all cantankerous
The party is general!
Everywhere it’s Bacchanalia!
Let sing and jump again,
You never will be weary! |
Dominique Jules Mari proposes a 4th verse in French, without original Nissart version: |
Voyez ! Dans le ciel bleu
Le soleil luit, magique,
Inondant de ses feux
La fête symbolique
De Grâce et de Beauté !
Fleurs ! Ouvrez vos pétales
Et que partout s’étale
Le tapis embaumé
De vos cœurs parsemés. | | Let see! In the blue sky
Sun is gleaming, magic,
Flooding with its lights
The symbolic feast
Of Grace and Beauty!
Flowers! Open your petals
And let everywhere spread
The embalmed carpet
With your scattered hearts. |
1. Patagoun: may be Patagonia, i.e. “Run up from very far”.
2. This is a poetic licence, because County of Nice is no more in Provence since it dedicated itself to Savoy on 1388.
3. Gip or gipe: the plaster, from which were made confetti, when was written Nice en folie. See also Fla ! Fla !
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