Provençal expression

soupo e amour, lei proumiero soun lei meiouro

Food

Literal translation

soup and love, the first ones are the best

Meaning

of soups and loves, the first are the best

Explanation

Of soups and loves, the first are the best: a saying comparing the freshness of love's early moments to that of soup.

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de vièio galino, bouan bouiounan old hen makes the best broth Trissa coume un ressaireTo eat like an ogre A ni goust ni goustoit has absolutely no flavour a Sant Martin, la castagno e lou nouvèu vinat Saint Martin's, it's chestnuts and new wine que si coucho sènso soupa, touto la nue si boulegosleep on an empty stomach and you'll toss all night li a jamai troup de pan e de dènt n'i a de rèstothere's never too much bread, and teeth to spare for it