The Provençal expressions on the theme “Nature” gather 16 traditional sayings, presented in Mistralian spelling with their meaning in English.
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 fai lou tèms di damothe weather is mild and fickle fai soulèu à la Santo-Baumothe sun is shining over la Sainte-Baume quand li gabian vènon en terro, marco de marrit tèmswhen gulls come ashore, bad weather is coming fai un fre de loupit's bitterly cold fai fre que peloit's a freezing, biting cold fai un caud ensucantit's a dazing, heavy heat fai mi vèire uno oulivo à Sant Jean, t'en farai vèire milo à toussantshow me one olive at Saint John's, I'll show you a thousand at All Saints' quand plòu lou proumié de mai, de coudoun n'i a gairain on the first of May means few quinces À-n-Aubagno, quand plòu, si bagnoin Aubagne, when it rains, you get wet (a mock statement of the obvious) Juga à gàrri/à gàrri-babauto play at flashing sunlight in someone's eyes with a mirror Lou soulèu mi fa canta…the sun puts me in a singing mood 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