Song no. 24 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
English translation of the full text forthcoming.
Notes
This narrative song features Mademoiselle Lisette, abducted by three German suitors who disguise themselves as beggars ringing a gold and silver bell to approach her under cover of asking for alms. Once seized, she is carried off on horseback, in tears, while her abductor sings. Asked why she weeps, she answers that she weeps at being carried off by a sorrowful lover. The title of this piece is illegible in the OCR source, which preserves only the musical notation at the head; the French title used here is one of convenience, based on the incipit «Madameiselo Liseto».
Notable words
| Provençal | French |
|---|---|
| deraubar | enlever, ravir |
| oumouino | aumône |
| chivau | cheval |
| Larireto | vocable de refrain, sans sens lexical |
| galants | prétendants, soupirants |
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. 24. Public domain. Digitization: https://archive.org/details/chantspopulaire00arbagoog. Transcription and formatting by Lingua Nostra.