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Nissa françesa
(Nice French)
Anonymous, attributed to François Guisol. Traditional from County of Nice.
| 1st verse |
Canten la delivransa
Dòu nuostre beu Contat,
Lou Piémont e la Fransa
Ensin l’han dessidat. | | Let’s sing the deliverance
Of our beautiful county,
Piedmont and France
So decided it. |
Chorus |
Afin che cadun bouge,
Fòu lou blu, blanc e rouge :
Son li nobli coulou
Che flotteran tougiou.
Faghen regiouissansa
D’estre unit à la Fransa ;
Criden à l’unisson :
Viva Napoléon. | | In order that everyone move,
We need the blue, white and red (1):
They are the noble colours
Who will always fly.
Let’s make rejoicing
To be united to France;
Let’s shout in unison:
Long live Napoleon (2). |
2nd verse |
Veiren l’aiga abondanta
Venir de San-Martin,
Per arrosar li planta
E gisclar per giardin. | | We will see plentiful water
Coming from Saint-Martin (3),
To water plants
And squirt in [the] gardens. |
3rd verse |
Toui lu proget en erba
Van estre executat ;
Nissa sera superba
Dòu sieu nouvel estat. | | All the projects budding
Are going to be executed;
Nice will be superb
With its new state. |
4th verse |
Lou credi e l’abondansa
Arrivon giust à tail,
Non fòu plus courre en Fransa
Per aver de travail. | | The credit and the abundance
Arrive just in time,
We no more need to run in France
To get job. |
5th verse |
Han degia faç lou pati
De n’endigar lou Var ;
Auren, après, buon-pati
Lu vieure che son car. | | They already made the contract
To dyke up Var (4);
We will have, after, cheap
Supplies that are [now] expensive. |
6th verse |
Li desiradi routa
E lou camin ferrat,
N’en proveran sans douta
Che non sien denembrat. | | The desired roads
And the railway
Will prove us without a doubt
We are not forgotten. |
7th verse |
Enfan de la Victoira,
Massena, Astre cerit !
Dòu Temple de la Gloira
N’as enfin esaudit. | | Child of the victory,
Maséna, beloved star (5)!
From temple of glory
You finally grant our wish. |
Last chorus |
Afin che cadun bouge,
Fòu lou blu, blanc e rouge :
Son li nobli coulou
Che regneran tougiou.
Faghen regiouissansa
D’estre unit à la Fransa ;
Criden à l’unisson :
Viva Napoléon. | | In order that everyone move,
We need the blue, white and red:
They are the noble colours
Who will always reign.
Let’s make rejoicing
To be united to France;
Let’s shout in unison:
Long live Napoleon. |
1. Blue, white and red, the three colours of the French flag.
2. The emperor Napoleon III.
3. Saint-Martin-Vésubie.
4. The river that split, on west side, the old County of Nice from France.
5. Masséna, the “darling of the victory”, cf. Innou Seguran.
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