by
Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890)
Chanson Provençale
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG GER
Parlez nuits sans rivales,
Les belles nuits d'été,
La la la la!
Sifflez, chantez cigales!
Célébrez la gaîté!
La la la la!
Amoureuses des étoiles,
Vous paraîssez, l'oeil mutin.
Des que l'ombre étend ses voiles,
Et chantez jusqu'au matin!...
Chantez! Ah Chantez!
Chantez les belles filles,
Les filles du Midi,
La la la la!
En écoutant vos trilles
Songent à leur ami....
La la la la! Chantez!
Sous le ciel de Provence.
Egrenez en cadence
Vos notes d'or!
La la la la!
Que votre voix amie
Berce, l'âme rame
L'enfant qui dort! Ah!
Parlez nuits sans rivales,
Les belles nuits d'été,
La la la la!
Sifflez, chantez cigales!
Célébrez la gaîté!
La la la la!
Ah! Chantez!
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Song of Provencale", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Provencalisches Lied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 31
Word count: 117
Song of Provencale
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Sound, peerless nights,
you beautiful nights of summer,
la la la la!
Chirp, sing cicadas!
Celebrate gaiety!
La la la la!
Those enamoured of stars
appear with an impish eye.
As soon as darkness spreads its veils,
and sing until the early morning! ...
Sing, yes, sing!
Sing about the bonnie maids,
the maids of the Midi (Southern France),
la la la la!
Listening to their warbling
think about their friend ...
La la la la! Sing!
Under Provencal skies.
Sing out the cadence
of your golden tones!
La la la la!
Your amiable voice may
lull, the soul row
the child that sleeps! Ah!
Sound, peerless nights,
you beautiful nights of summer,
la la la la!
Chirp, sing cicadas!
Celebrate gaiety!
La la la la!
Ah! Sing!
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This text was added to the website: 2006-02-23
Line count: 31
Word count: 128