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Fanfarnette

In Provençal: FANFARNETO

Song no. 20 Damase Arbaud, 1862

Song no. 20 from the collection Chants populaires de la Provence by Damase Arbaud (1814-1876), published in 1862. Public domain. The text follows Arbaud's own spelling, which predates the Félibrige standard, and is reproduced unchanged.

Text

Fanfarneto se levo, Tra la lajalala, tra la la lé, Landerira! Fanfarneto se levo Tres houros d'avant jour. N'en prend sa coulougneto Eme soun pichoun tour; Tous les tours que viravoun Fasie ’n souspir d'amour. Sa mero la vai veire : — Ma filho qu'avetz-vous ? N'avetz lou mau de testo Ou ben lou mau d'amour ? — N'ai pas lou mau de testo Que n'ai lou mau d'amour. — N'en plouretz pas, ma filho, Que vous maridarem, Vous dounarem un prince, Ou lou fiou d’un baroun. — Jou vouere pas un princé, Ni lou flou d’un baroun, Vouere moun ami Piarre Que n'es dins la presoun. — Belo, toun ami Piarre Te lou pendourarem. — Se pendouratz moun Piarre : Pendouratz-nous tous dous ; -Pendetz me iou à l’aubo, : Et eou apres lou jour ; Au camin de Sant Jacque Entarratz-nous tous dous, Curbetz lou eou de rosos Tapetz-me iou de flours; Tous les roumious que passoun N'en prendran quauque brout. Diran : Diou ague l'amo, Tra la la la La la, tra.la lala, Landerira ! Diran : Diou ague l’amo "Des paurés amôurous, Que n’en souen mourerts tous éeûs.

English translation of the full text forthcoming.

Notes

This song with refrain tells the story of Fanfarneto, in love with her friend Pierre held in prison, whom her mother would rather see married to a prince or a baron's son. Fanfarneto refuses and prefers to be hanged beside Pierre rather than give him up. She asks to be buried with him on the road to Saint-Jacques, under roses and flowers that passing pilgrims will pick. The motif of two lovers dead of love and buried together, greeted by passers-by, makes it a tragic ballad close to the lament.

Notable words

ProvençalFrench
coulougnetopetite quenouille
pichoun tourpetit rouet à filer
roumiouspèlerins
auboaube
Landeriravocable de refrain, sans sens lexical

Glosses are given in French, as delivered by our lexicographic source; an English gloss is not yet available for these words.

Source: Damase Arbaud, Chants populaires de la Provence, 1862, song no. 20. Public domain. Digitization: https://archive.org/details/chantspopulaire00arbagoog. Transcription and formatting by Lingua Nostra.

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