Roginèla del vèspre
Roginèla del vèspre
Red Sky at Night
Proverb
Proverb
(Occitan)
(English)
Roginèla del vèspre
Regaudís lo mèstre,
Roginèla del matin
De plueja sus lo camin.
Red sky at night
Is the master's delight,
Red sky in the morning
Rain is coming.
Notes
There is a similar proverb that goes:
Rogeiròla dau vèspre (Red sky at night)
Bèu temps per lo campèstre;(Fine weather in the countryside)
Rogeiròla dau matin (Red sky in the morning)
Vent o plueja per lo camin. (Wind or rain is coming.)
Comments
There's a similar English proverb about what the red sky means and a French proverb about red skies. (To read them click the links.)
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and translating these proverbs and for sharing the photo.
Mercé plan!
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