Translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Language: French (Français)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ô joie de mon âme, Joie de mon coeur, Trésor qui m'est si cher ; Joie de l'âme et du cœur, Toi que j'aime ardemment, Tu es plus beau qu'un ange. Ô lorsque tu parais, Ange si doux Devant nos yeux, Comme un bel ange blond, Sous le clair soleil, Hélas ! tous nos pauvres cœurs soupirent !
Authorship:
- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques", subtitle: "D'après Maurice RAVEL", 2008 [mixed chorus of 12 voices], Éditions Durand [ sung text not verified ]
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques", M. A. 9 no. 4 (1904-6) [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 4. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The Song of the Girls Collecting Mastic", copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Das Lied der Mastix - Sammlerinnen", 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "Canción de las recolectoras de lentiscos", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Canzone delle raccoglitrici di lentischio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "A pisztáciaszedőnők dala", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 58