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Lu Revenan
(The Ghosts)
Nissart lyrics by Eugène Emanuel. Traditional from County of Nice.
| 1st verse |
Lu Revenan
Que abiton la capela,
Lu Revenan
Son de trou brave enfan.
Per si levà, n’en faire de ratela;
Son ben don son, son luen de li querela...
Vè, ièu,
De tout aco m’en rièu! | | The ghosts
Living in the chapel,
The ghosts
Are too much good children.
To get up, they dispute;
They are fine where they are, they are away from quarrels...
See, me,
About all that, I don’t care! |
2nd verse |
Tanta Mion,
L’iver, su la sièu banca,
Tanta Mion
Cuentava àu fugaïron,
Que a mieja-nuech, un’ombra blanca, blanca,
Cala a Paillon, s’en va passà la planca...
Ma ièu
De tout aco m’en rièu! | | Aunt Mary,
In winter, on her bench,
Aunt Mary
Was telling near the hearth,
That, at midnight, a white shadow, white,
Goes down to Paillon, passing the footbridge...
But me,
About all that, I don’t care! |
3rd verse |
Per lu pichoui
Lu mago an la baguetta,
Per lu pichoui,
Lu toni, lu menchoui;
Vèu ben de fés palì la fremeneta,
Quora a vessat saliera o caligneta...
Ma ièu
De tout aco m’en rièu! | | For the children
The sorcerers have the wand,
For the children,
Simpletons, ninnies;
I see many a time going pale the little woman,
When she spilt [the] saltcellar or [the] oil night light...
But me,
About all that, I don’t care! |
4th verse |
Per v’entàulà
Vou cou la testa fuorta,
Per v’entàulà
Se siès treize a dinnà!
Se un can blessat plourà dapé una puorta,
Lo monde di: “Vé, sente la car muorta!”...
Ma ièu
De tout aco m’en rièu! | | To sit down at the table
You have to be at ease with yourself,
To sit down at the table
If you are thirteen for dinner!
If a hurt dog is whining near a door,
World says: “See, it’s smelling dead flesh!”...
But me,
About all that, I don’t care! |
5th verse |
Lo brave enfan
Qu’a la consciença pura,
Lo brave enfan
Si ri dei revenan;
Au traversié don s’enduerme l’usura
Lo trait, l’ingrat, aqui li vengon pura?...
Ma ièu
De tout aco m’en rièu! | | The good child
Who has got a pure awareness,
The good child
Doesn’t care about the ghosts;
At bedside where falls asleep usury
The traitor, the ungrateful, here they come however?
But me,
About all that, I don’t care! |
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