De cap tà l'immortèla
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De cap tà l'immortèla or simply L'immortèla (The Edelweiss) is a song by Nadau, an Occitan-speaking band from Béarn
. It was composed in 1978 and has since grown so popular all across Occitania
it is sometimes thought to be traditional folklore
, just like Se Canta or Copa Santa
. It is a hymn to freedom and the love for the motherland. L'immortèla, besides referring to the white flower with a yellow heart found only in the high mountains, means "the immortal one".
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
. It was composed in 1978 and has since grown so popular all across Occitania
Occitania
Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...
it is sometimes thought to be traditional folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
, just like Se Canta or Copa Santa
Copa Santa
La Coupo Santo , in full La Cansoun de la Coupo in original modern norm Provençal is the anthem of Provence, sung in Provençal one of six Occitan...
. It is a hymn to freedom and the love for the motherland. L'immortèla, besides referring to the white flower with a yellow heart found only in the high mountains, means "the immortal one".
Lyrics
| in Occitan Sèi un país e ua flor, e ua flor, e ua flor Que l'aperam la de l'amor, la de l'amor, la de l'amor... Chorus: Haut, Peiròt, vam caminar, vam caminar, de cap tà l'immortèla Haut, Peiròt, vam caminar, vam caminar, lo país vam cercar! Au som deu malh, que i a ua lutz, que i a ua lutz, que i a ua lutz Qu'i cau guardar los uelhs dessús, los uelhs dessús, los uelhs dessús... Que'ns cau traucar tot lo segàs, tot lo segàs, tot lo segàs Tà ns'arrapar, sonque las mans, sonque las mans, sonque las mans Lhèu veiram pas jamei la fin, jamei la fin, jamei la fin La libertat qu'ei lo camin, qu'ei lo camin, qu'ei lo camin... Après lo malh, un aute malh, un aute malh, un aute malh Après la lutz, ua auta lutz, ua auta lutz, ua auta lutz... |
in English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... I know a place and a flower, and a flower, and a flower They call the flower of love, the flower of love... Chorus: Up we'll walk, Little Peter, to the edelweiss Up we'll walk, Little Peter, until we find that place! On top of that peak, there's a light, there's a light, there's a light You must keep an eye on, an eye on, an eye on... We'll have to cross the brambles, cross the brambles, cross the brambles And hang only by our hands, by our hands, by our hands... We may never see the end of it, the end of it, the end of it Freedom is the only path, the only path, the only path... After that peak, yet another peak, another peak, another peak After that light, yet another light, another light, another light... |