Frédéric Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
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Ounte fan l'aleto
Nòsti dindouleto."[8] This poem scans itself with perfect regularity, and the rhythm of the tune is evident to the reader who may never have heard the actual music. The stanza of _La Tourre de Barbentano_ is as follows:-- "L'Evesque d'Avignoun, Mounsen Grimau, A fa basti 'no tourre à Barbentano Qu' enrà bio vènt de mar e tremountano E fai despoutenta l'Esprit dóu mau. Assegurado Sus lou roucas Forto e carrado Escounjurado Porto au soulèu soun front bouscas: Mememen i fenestro, dins lou cas Que vouguèsse lou Diable intra di vitro, A fa Mounsen Grimau grava sa mitro."[9] Here is a stanza of _Lou Renegat_:-- "Jan de Gounfaroun, pres pèr de coursà ri, Dins li Janissà ri Sèt an a servi: Fau, encò di Turc, avé la coudeno Facho à la cadeno Emai au rouvi."[10] |
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