Song no. 10 from the collection 7e cahier de noëls (Avignon, 1673) ; réédition Fr. Seguin, 1856, n° 48 by Nicolas Saboly (dates inconnues), published in 1673. Public domain. Source spelling: mistralienne, reproduced unchanged.
Text
English translation of the full text forthcoming.
Notes
This comic nouvè uses the concatenation device (each verse repeating the last line of the one before) to describe a frightening encounter with the devil near the manger, listing his monstrous attributes one by one: horns, a flat head, donkey's ears, forked feet. An angel eventually seizes the demon by the horns and sends him back to the grave, and the last verse playfully closes the tale by announcing the end of vespers and of the noëls. Published in 1673 in Nicolas Saboly's seventh booklet.
Notable words
| Provençal | French |
|---|---|
| bano | cornes |
| andouio | andouille (ici, comme image du bras difforme) |
| croucu | crochu |
| arpo | griffes |
| tafu | tombeau |
Glosses are given in French, as delivered by our lexicographic source; an English gloss is not yet available for these words.
Source: Nicolas Saboly, 7e cahier de noëls (Avignon, 1673) ; réédition Fr. Seguin, 1856, n° 48, 1673, song no. 10. Public domain. Digitization: http://mtcn.free.fr/lyrics/aupres-d-aquel-estable.php?lng=fr. Transcription and formatting by Lingua Nostra.