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Un ange a fa la crido  
(An angel has made the announcement)
Lyrics and music by Nicolas Saboly, known as Micoulau Sabòli. Traditional from Provence.
This Christmas carol ends the 6th book holding 6 carols, published on 1672 by Michel Chastel. It appears with number 45 in the Fr. Seguin’s new edition.
| 1st verse |
Un ange a fa la crido
Qu’anue dins uno bastido,
Uno piéucello a fa
Un pichot enfant de la.
Dourmien sus la coulino
Lei bergié, davans matino,
Leis a reviha tous:
Hòu! pastre, levas-vous! | | An angel has made the announcement
That at night in a barn (1),
A virgin made
A small child there.
Sleeping on the hill
The shepherds, early in the morning,
He wakened all of them:
Hey! shepherds, get up! |
2nd verse |
An ausi la nouvello
Que li a di de la piéucello,
E n’an vist pèr un trau
Uno grand clartat en aut;
Ravi d’aquelo glòri,
Toutei sorton de la bòri,
E chascun fai un saut,
Houi! dessus lou coutau. | | They have heard the news
He has said them about the virgin,
And they saw through a hole [of the barn]
A great light at the top;
Delighted by this glory,
They all go out from the cabin,
And everyone does a jump,
Hup! on the hillside. |
3rd verse |
Courron pèr la mountagno,
Coume lèbres en campagno,
Pèr èstre lei premié.
Micoulau rèsto darrié,
Que menavo sa fiho;
Soun pèd ferra li resquiho,
Barrulo dòu coutau,
Ai! s’es gis fa de mau. | | They run across the mountain,
As hares in the country,
To be the first.
Nicolas remains behind,
That was leading his daughter;
His hobnailed foot slides,
He tumbles down the hill
Ouch! there’s no real harm done. |
4th verse |
Se freto un pau lou mourre,
Pièi après se bouto à courre
Pèr atrapa sei gènt,
Leis ajoun en Betelèn.
Li conto l’espetacle,
E dis qu’es un grand miracle
D’avé fach un tau saut,
Houi! sèns se faire mau. | | He rubs a bit his face,
Soon after he starts running
To catch up the people,
He reaches them in Bethlehem.
He relates them the accident,
And he says that it’s a great miracle
To have done such a jump,
Ouch! without doing himself harm. |
5th verse |
Touto aquelo bregado
Trovo la porto sarrado;
Sènso gis de respèt,
Chascun li pico dòu pèd:
L’un buto, l’autre crido;
Pèr intra dins la bastido,
Jieton la porto au sòu,
Plouf! tout tramblè de pòu. | | This whole gathering
Finds the door closed;
Without a little respect,
Everyone stamping his foot:
The one bumps, the other shouts;
To enter in the barn,
They throw the door on the ground,
Splash! all is trembling with fear. |
6th verse |
Noste brave sautaire
S’envai saluda la maire,
Rendent gràcis au Fiéu
De ce qu’èro incaro viéu.
Li fai la reverènço,
E sourtènt de sa presènço,
Fèt incaro un grand saut,
Houi! gaiard Micoulau! | | Our good jumper
Goes and salutes the mother,
Rendering thanks to the Son
As he was still alive.
He bows to him,
And going out of his presence,
Did again a great jump,
Ouch! sprightly Nicolas! |
1. Bastido: country house, barn.
| Bibliography | | • | P. C. (priest), 2e recueil de 20 noëls provençaux, publisher M. Carbonel, Marseille, 1863, p. 24-25. | | • | Saboly (Nicolas), Recueil des noëls composés en langue provençale (Collection of Christmas carols composed in Provençal language), reprint Fr. Seguin, printer and bookseller, Avignon, 1856, p. 55. |
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