La chanson du premier mai | La clarté du soleil tombe comme une pluie d'arc-en-ciel

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by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923)

Translation © by Jean-Pierre Granger

May‑Day song

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Rainbow showers of sunlight falling
Tint the dew on every spray!
Loud across the valley calling,
Hark the jolly cuckoo's lay!
Children, bringing
Wreaths, are singing
"Come away!"

Meadows now are primrose spangled;
Holly laughs no more at may;
Rills, no more by winter tangled,
Rippling down the coppice play!
Maids are maying,
Boys are straying!
Come away!

Holt and hurst, to spring awaking,
Birds in rapturous roundelay,
Sing you shame for money making,
Losing for the World Today!
Leave your labours,
Careful neighbours!
Come away!

Text Authorship:

by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923) [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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "May-Day song", 1896, published 1896 [voice and piano], from To Nellie, no. 3, Paris, Au Ménestrel-Heugel [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , title 1: "La chanson du premier mai", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-19
Line count: 21
Word count: 86

La chanson du premier mai

Language: French (Français) after the English

La clarté du soleil tombe comme une pluie d'arc-en-ciel,
Et colore chaque goutelette de rosée.
Appelant bruyamment à travers la vallée 
Écoutez la joyeuse ritournelle du coucou ! 
Les enfants, apportant 
des couronnes, chantent :
» Partons «

Les primeroses illuminent les prés
Le houx ne rit plus en mai ;
Les ruisseaux ne sont plus tordus par l'hiver,
Les bosquets ondoyants s'amusent !
Les filles célèbrent le mois de mai
Les garçons sont volages !
Partons !

Buissons et arbustes s'éveillent au printemps,
Les oiseaux dans des voltiges frénétiques
Chantent à vous faire honte de votre cupidité 
En vous damnant pour le monde d'aujourd'hui.
Laissez vos travaux,
Voisins consciencieux !
Partons !

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Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Jean-Pierre Granger.
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Jean-Pierre Granger. We have no current contact information for the copyright-holder.
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Based on:

a text in English by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-21
Line count: 21
Word count: 105