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(The Singing of the Small Birds)
Nissart lyrics by Joseph Passeron, music by François Mattei and Joseph Passeron. Traditional from County of Nice.

1st verse
Lou jardin, la mountagna
Soun plen de coulou.
Verdissoun li baragna,
Sentoun bouon li flou.
Sus la branca lougiera,
Souta lu bouissoun
Lou quinsoun, la lardiera
Mandoun de cansoun.		 The garden, the mountain
Are full of colours.
Turning green are the thickets,
Smelling good are the flowers.
On the light bough,
Beneath the bushes
The chaffinch, the great tit
Are sending songs.

Chorus
Ousseloun d’amour,
La tiéu vous es pura.
Cantes la natura
E lou Creatour. (twice)		 Small bird of love,
Your voice is pure.
You sing the nature
And the Creator. (twice)

2nd verse
O bouscarla sensibla,
Au retour de mai,
Sensa martèu ni tibla
Ti fas un palaï.
Sauta sus la branqueta,
Merlou malicious.
Di la tiéu cansouneta
Au soulèu radious.		 Oh! sensitive warbler,
When May comes back,
Without hammer nor trowel
You make yourself a palace.
Hop on the small branch,
Mischievous blackbird.
Say your little song
To the radiant sun.

3rd verse
Coura la luerna vola,
Pichin lanternoun,
Escoutan sus la couola
Lou roussignouloun.
Canta plen de proumessa
Au bèu ciel d’estiéu :
Armounia, caressa
Que mountoun vers Diéu.		 When the firefly is flying,
Small lantern,
We listen on the hill
At the little nightingale.
It sings lots of promises
To the beautiful summer sky:
Harmony, caresses
Going up to God.


Bibliography
• Tosan (Albert), Princivalle (Gaël) and d’Hulster (Frédéric), Anthologie de la chanson du comté de Nice (Anthology of the Song from County of Nice), Nice, Serre publisher, series “Encyclopædia niciensis – Patrimoine régional”, volume III, 2001, p. 71.

 

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