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Plagnun  
(Moan)
Nissart lyrics and music by Louis Genari. Traditional from County of Nice.
| 1st verse |
Perqué ’sfueià tanti margarideta ?
Doun es aquèu que t’aima o t’aimerà ?
Souleta ’n tant ti laisson li floureta :
Degun, degun que ti respouonderà. (twice) | | Why pick off the petals of so much daisies?
Where is the one who loves you or will love you?
Alone for the meantime leave you the small flowers:
Nobody, nobody that will answer you. (twice) |
2nd verse |
Perqué cantà en la cauma dòu sera ?
Pèr lu amant l’estela luserà !
Souleta siès e degun noun t’aspera :
Degun, degun qu’en passant t’auderà. (twice) | | Why sing on the pasture (1), in the evening?
For the lovers, the star will shine!
Alone you are and nobody waits for you:
Nobody, nobody that, passing, will hear you. (twice) |
3rd verse |
Perqué voulé au fenestroun ti faire,
Cresènt qu’enfin quaucun si fermerà ?
Souleta siès e degun calignaire,
Degun, degun que damoun ti veirà. (twice) | | Why sit by the little window,
Believing that at last anybody will stop?
Alone you are and no lover,
Nobody, nobody that will see you up there. (twice) |
4th verse |
Perqué cercà dintre aquéu mounde alègre ?
Meme au tiéu gauch qu si revirerà ?
Souleta siès e degun à ti sègre,
Degun, degun qu’ensen mé tu rirà. (twice) | | Why search in this cheerful world?
Even on your happiness, who will turn over?
Alone you are and nobody following you,
Nobody, nobody that, with you, will laugh. (twice) |
5th verse |
Jour desperat e longa nuèch mourtala,
Vouostre retour mai noun fenisserà ?
Souleta sièu e la miéu vida es tala :
Estre souleta e souleta plourà. (twice) | | Desperate day and long and fatal night,
Your return never will finish?
Alone I am and mi life is so:
To be alone and alone weep. (twice) |
1. Cauma: “rocky plateau, high and meagre pasture” (Georges Castellana, Dictionnaire niçois-français).
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