Provençal expression

Lou soulèu mi fa canta…

Nature

Literal translation

The sun makes me sing

Meaning

the sun puts me in a singing mood

Explanation

Presented as the motto of the cicada and, by extension, of the people of Provence : the sun fills me with joy, makes me sing. A sun-drenched profession of faith about the Provençal temperament.

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Miés un que saup que cènt que cerconbetter one who knows than a hundred who search Si gela leis amendounto be freezing cold Toumbo de pèiro de moulinit's raining extremely hard À-n-Aubagno, quand plòu, si bagnoa traditional jibe aimed at the people of Aubagne plòu e fai soulèu, lou diable bat sa fremosun and rain together: the devil is beating his wife la luno es fousco, deman o plòu o boufowhen the moon is hazy, tomorrow brings rain or wind