Song no. 2 from the collection Publié post mortem dans les éditions des noëls de Saboly ; réédition Fr. Seguin, 1856, n° 64 by Attribué au frère Sérapion (attribution longtemps faite à Nicolas Saboly) (dates inconnues), published in XVIIe siècle. Public domain. Source spelling: mistralienne, reproduced unchanged.
Text
English translation of the full text forthcoming.
Notes
This old nouvè calls out shepherds, named one by one, to come see the divine light shining from the poor cabin where God was born. Long attributed to Nicolas Saboly, it is in fact, according to the most recent research, the work of a certain frère Sérapion of the 17th century. Frédéric Mistral composed his 1867 Provençal anthem Coupo Santo to this carol's tune, dedicating it to Félix Gras, and the song became the anthem of the Félibrige.
Notable words
| Provençal | French |
|---|---|
| cabaneto | petite cabane |
| calèu | lampe à huile |
| palet | lambin, paresseux qui tatillonne |
| chassis | châssis, fenêtre |
| jacènt | femme qui vient d'accoucher, accouchée |
| bregado | troupe, compagnie de gens |
Glosses are given in French, as delivered by our lexicographic source; an English gloss is not yet available for these words.
Source: Attribué au frère Sérapion (attribution longtemps faite à Nicolas Saboly), Publié post mortem dans les éditions des noëls de Saboly ; réédition Fr. Seguin, 1856, n° 64, XVIIe siècle, song no. 2. Public domain. Digitization: http://mtcn.free.fr/lyrics/guihaume-tony-peire.php?lng=fr. Transcription and formatting by Lingua Nostra.