Qui beu vi, viu be’

English translation: (He/She) Who drinks wine, lives well

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Catalan term or phrase:Qui beu vi, viu be’
English translation:(He/She) Who drinks wine, lives well
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

01:12 Sep 19, 2007
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Catalan term or phrase: Qui beu vi, viu be’
The full context is:

Qui beu vi, viu be’
qui beu vi, be’ viu
qui vi beu, viu be’

But possibly it is Catalan?
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 06:10
(He/She) Who drinks wine, lives well
Explanation:
It's not spanish, it's "catalán". I'm more familiarized with "valenciano", but there are certain similarities so I don't think I'm quite off track.
In spanish it would be more or less:
"Quien bebe vino, vive bien,
quien bebe vino, bien vive,
quien vino bebe, vive bien"
Hope it helps!

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Note added at 18 minutos (2007-09-19 01:30:05 GMT)
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Maybe "lives well" could be said in a different way... "has a good life" or something of the sort.
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Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 11:10
Grading comment
It certainly has helped. The phonetic reflexes are obvious to me now. I owe you many thanks.
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4 +1(He/She) Who drinks wine, lives well
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(He/She) Who drinks wine, lives well


Explanation:
It's not spanish, it's "catalán". I'm more familiarized with "valenciano", but there are certain similarities so I don't think I'm quite off track.
In spanish it would be more or less:
"Quien bebe vino, vive bien,
quien bebe vino, bien vive,
quien vino bebe, vive bien"
Hope it helps!

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Note added at 18 minutos (2007-09-19 01:30:05 GMT)
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Maybe "lives well" could be said in a different way... "has a good life" or something of the sort.

Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 11:10
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
It certainly has helped. The phonetic reflexes are obvious to me now. I owe you many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: as it's a set expression/proverb, I see nothing wrong in simply: (He) who drinks wine, lives well. Of course the nice phonetic play is lost in English....
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