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Lou Miéu Soulèu  
(My Sun)
Nissart lyrics and music by François-Dominique Rondelly, known as Menica Rondelly. Traditional from County of Nice.
| 1st verse |
Lou miéu soulèu ès un baià de rosa,
Lou pintre d’or dai pichoui parpaioun.
Dai siéu raioun lu miéu jardin transposa
En diaman, safir e vermioun. | | My beautiful sun is a kiss of roses,
The gold painter of little butterflies.
With its beams, my garden it transposes
In diamonds, sapphires and vermilions. |
Chorus |
Salù ! Salù ! O bèu soulèu de Nissa !
Astre briant qu’endaures li miéu flou,
Lu miéu palai, li miéu viei taulissa,
Soulèu d’amour ti canterai toujour. | | Hello! Hello! O beautiful sun of Nice!
Sparkling star gilding my flowers,
My palaces, my old roofings,
Sun of love, I’ll ever sing you. |
2nd verse |
Lou miéu soulèu, lou tout metamorfosa :
Toure, clouquié, lu aubre, lou gazoun,
La miéu mar blu, l’estoumpa coulou rosa,
Dòu siéu flambèu embrasa l’orizoun ! | | My sun, the whole it metamorphoses:
Towers, steeples, the trees, the grass,
The blue sea, the pink stump,
With its torch it sets aglow the horizon! |
3rd verse |
Lou miéu soulèu es un joious delire,
Lou mantèu d’or de toui lu malurous.
Dòu miéu païs, lou pu dous dai sourire,
L’amour, la joia, lou siéu astre radious ! | | My sun is a joyful madness,
The golden coat of all the poor men.
Of my country, the most gentle of the smiles,
Love, joy, its radiant star! |
| Bibliography | | • | Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & Co, 1960, p. 76-77. | | • | 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. 178. |
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