The moon rose | The moon rose from behind the mountain

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Loosin yelav

Language: Armenian (հայերեն)

Our translations: ENG

Լուսին ելավ էն սարից
Սարի բարձր գագաթից
Շեկլիկ - մեկլիկ երեսով
Փռվեց գետնին լուսնի ծով

Ջան այն լուսնին, ջան քո լուսին
Ջան քո կլոր շեկ երեսին

Խավարն արդեն չքացավ
Ու էլ գետնին չքացավ
Լուսնի լույսով հալածված
Մութ ամպերի մեջ մնաց

Ջան այն լուսնին, ջան քո լուսին
Ջան քո կլոր շեկ երեսին

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Note: the following transliteration appears in Berio's score:

Loosin yelav en sareetz
saree partzaer gadareetz
shegleeg megleeg yeresov
paervetz kedneen loosnidzov

Jan ain loosin Jan ko loosin
Jan ko gaelor sheg yereseen

xavarn arten tchaekatzav
oo el kedneen tchaegatzav
loosni loosov halatzvadz
moot amberi metch maenadz

Jan ain loosin Jan ko loosin
Jan ko gaelor sheg yereseen

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "Loosin yelav", 1964, from Folk Songs, no. 3, note: arranged for Cathy Berberian [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The moon rose", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50

The moon rose

Language: English after the Armenian (հայերեն)

The moon rose from behind the mountain,
High up the mountain, from over the summit
Dark blonde - its singular face
beamed out over the whole world.

Greetings, dear moon with your dear moonlight
and your round, bright face!

The darkness did not fade
nor did it disperse or burn off;
the moonlight chased it
among the dark clouds.

Greetings, dear moon with your dear moonlight
and your round, bright face!

Translator's note for the word "Greetings", appearing in stanzas 2 and 4: "ջան" [jan] is an exclamation of joy or pleasure, like “Cheers!” or “Oh my dear one!”

Text Authorship:

Translation from Armenian (հայերեն) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Armenian (հայերեն) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-04-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 70