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La Paisaneta
(The Little Peasant Girl)
Nissart lyrics and music by François Guisol. Traditional from County of Nice.
| 1st verse |
La païsaneta,
neta,
Pouorta la siéu gourbeta
D’amberge e de raïn
Su lou canton de la placeta,
Per lou siéu mouscadin,
Lou veire encara de matin. | | The little peasant girl,
girl,
Brings her small basket
[Full] of yellow peach (1) and grapes
In the corner of the little marketplace,
To her whippersnapper,
Seeing him again on morning. |
2nd verse |
A pena en plaça,
plaça,
Lou siéu faï, mieja lassa,
Per terra en fen bouquin,
M’ei siéu caressanti grimaça
Per lou siéu mouscadin,
Lou regarda mai de matin. | | Only just in place,
place,
Her load (2), half weary,
[She puts] down, doing [her] small mouth,
With her caressing grimaces
To her whippersnapper,
She looks at him again on morning. |
3rd verse |
La bouona ’strena,
trena,
De vendre li fa pena,
Pàu de nen veire fin,
N’en demanda tròu la douzena,
Per lou siéu mouscadin,
Lou veire ben toui lu matin. | | The good “first customer” (3),
“first customer”,
Selling distresses her,
[For] fear of seeing [the] end,
She asks too much [for] a dozen,
To her whippersnapper,
To well see him every morning. |
4th verse |
Après la fiera,
fiera,
Traversa li carriera,
Fen balà lu pendin
Jusque fouora de li barriera,
Per doui siéu mouscadin,
Si fa segre tout lou matin. | | After the fair,
fair,
She crosses streets,
Making dance her pendants earring
As far as away from barriers (4),
To her whippersnapper,
She makes her follow all the morning. |
1. Amberge: a kind of yellow peach, the flesh of which sticks to the pit.
2. Fai: (from Latin fascis) burden, load.
3. Estrena: doesn’t designate “Christmas box”, but the fact to use (or wear...) something for the first time. Here estrena means the first customer of the day.
4. Barriera: barrier; here tollbar of city toll.
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