Provençal expression

Piéu piéu piéu, toujou viéu

Weather and Time

Literal translation

Tweet tweet tweet, still alive

Meaning

however small the steps, one always gets there

Explanation

Even when very small, one always pulls through, literally cheep-cheep-cheep, still alive. It is used for instance about Provençal itself : we do not speak it much anymore, it was driven out of us, but piéu piéu piéu toujou viéu.

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Quand Jèsu pourtavo de braietoa very long time ago Quand lei pijoun tetarannever Ris quouro si brulohe or she never laughs S'acò's pas vuei, sara demanif not today, then tomorrow Un jour noun l'autreEvery other day Pèr Sant-Toumas li jour soun au plus bas.At Saint Thomas, the days are at their shortest.