Provencalisches Lied | Tönt, Nächte ohnegleichen

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by Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chanson Provençale

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Par les 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'œil 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 !

Text Authorship:

by Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890) [author's text not yet checked 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 Eva Dell'Acqua (1856 - 1930), "Chanson Provençale", published [1890] [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text checked 1 time]

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: 118

Provencalisches Lied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Tönt, Nächte ohnegleichen
ihr schönen Sommernächte,
la la la la!

Zirpt, singt Zikaden!
Feiert euer Freudenfest!
La la la la!

Sternverliebte,
ihr erscheint, schelmischen Auges.
Sobald die Dunkelheit ihre Schleier ausbreitet
und singt bis in den Morgen! ...
Singt! Ach singt!
Besingt die schönen Mägdelein,
die Mädchen des Midi,
la la la la !

Beim Hören eurer Triller
denkt an ihren Freund ....
La la la la  Singt!
 
Unterm Himmel der Provence.
Lasst im Rhythmus
eure  hellen Töne erschallen!
La la la la!
 
Möge deine liebliche Stimme
einlullen, die Seele
das schlafende Kind rudern! Ach!
 
Tönt, Nächte ohnegleichen
ihr schönen Sommernächte,
la la la la!

Zirpt, singt Zikaden!
Feiert euer Freudenfest!
La la la la!
Ah! Singt!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2006 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890)
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This text was added to the website: 2006-02-23
Line count: 31
Word count: 115