Quand lou paire douno au fiéu
Ris lou paire, ris lou fiéu.
Mai quand lou fiéu douno au paire
Plouro lou fiéu, plouro lou paire.

Meaning

When the father gives to the son, father laughs and son laughs; but when the son gives to the father, son weeps and father weeps.

Theme

Husbands, Fathers, Mothers

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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