De cap tà l'immortèla (To the Edelweiss), 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".

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

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...


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