Se Canto
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Se Canto is an anthem associated with Occitania.
Notable occasions on which it has been sung include the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on 10 February 2006 (by L'Ange Gardien Chorus), and in the French National Assembly on 3 June 2003 (by Jean Lassalle, in protest at a perceived slight on the Pyrenean village of Urdos by Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy).
Lyrics
The lyrics of the song are in the Occitan language. Several versions of the anthem are attested; that presented here is the oldest.
- 1
- Debat ma fenestro
- At oun auselou
- Touto la ney canto,
- Canto sa cansou
- Refrain
- Se canto que canto,
- Canto pas per you,
- Canto per ma mio
- Qu'ès alen de you.
- 2
- Aqeros mountagnos
- Que tan hautes soun,
- M'empéchoun de beyre
- Mas amours oun soun.
- Refrain
- 3
- Bassasbous, mountagnos
- Planos, aoussasbous
- Per que posqui beyre
- Mas amour oun soun.
- Refrain
- 4
- Aqeros mountagnos
- Tan s'abacheran,
- Et mas amourettos
- Se rapproucharan.
- Refrain
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