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Lou Rèi de la foulìa
(King of the madness)
Traditional song from carnival of Nice
Nissart lyrics by Sébastien-Marcel Biasini, known as Sa Majesté Biasini. Traditional from County of Nice.
Tune Alsace-Lorraine.
| 1st verse |
O Carneval! bèu rei de la folìa,
Siéu pront e lest a ti suivre pertout.
Sighe en pierò, e magara en camìa,
Per s’amusar aneren giusch’au bout.
Lou grand onour de ti festar à Nizza
Lou sabes beu, non n’ha pas de rival.
Se fàu mangian toui lu giou de panissa,
Ma mancan pas lu tieù Corso e bal. | | Oh Carnival! nice king of madness,
I’m prompt and nimble for following you everywhere.
Let’s be [dressed up] as Pierrot, and may be with nightshirt,
To have great fun we will go right to the end.
The great honor to celebrate you in Nice,
You well know that, is unrivalled.
If necessary we eat every day panissa,
But we don’t miss your processions [of floats] and dances. |
Chorus |
Dau premié plan d’amon à la soufieta,
Per Carneval metevon en camin.
Frema e enfan, e tu bella fieta,
Anas au bal per negà lu ciacrin. | | From first floor up to the garret,
For carnival let’s set out.
Woman and child, and you pretty young girl,
Go to ball and drown your sorrows. |
2nd verse |
O Carneval! siéu tou plen d’allegressa
Che cad’un ven per tu dau mounde entié,
Lu bal gioious ranimou la giouinessa,
S’amusan ben dei confetti en papié.
E li bataglia en flou fan maravìa,
Giamai degun non comette d’escart.
Ma senche à toui nen plas à la folìa
Sera tougiou lu confetti niçart. | | Oh Carnival! I’m full of elation
Because everyone comes for you from the whole world,
The dances restore young people,
We well rejoyce with paper confetti.
And flower battles work wonders,
Never anybody commits a misdemeanour.
But what madly suits all of us
Will always be the confetti from Nice. |
3rd verse |
Touplen, dau gip, sensa reson ni rima,
Han ben vougut nen suprima lou giet.
Ma toui ensen dau plus bas à la sima
Protesteren, tu Carneval stai quiet.
Nautre voulen achulu dur confetti
Per batagliar, es un giou de regal.
Se non vous plas v’en gieteren à bretti
Tout en cridan: “Viva lou carneval!” | | A lot of people, plaster, neither reason nor rhyme,
Well wanted to suppresse throwing for us.
But all together, from the lower orders up to the peak,
We will protest, you Carnival be quiet.
We others, we want those hard confetti
For battle, it’s a gifts day.
If [this] don’t agree you, we will abundantly throw of them at you
While screaming: “Long live carnival!” |
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