Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Song Cycle by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Word count: 184

English translation: Five Popular Greek Melodies ( Emily Ezust)
German (Deutsch) translation: Fünf griechische Volkslieder ( Maria Th. Langsch)
Spanish (Español) translation: Cinco melodías populares griegas ( Alfredo García)
Italian (Italiano) translation: Cinque melodie popolari greche ( Ferdinando Albeggiani)
Hungarian (Magyar) translation: Öt görög népdal ( Tamás Dániel Csűry)

1. Chanson de la mariée [sung text checked 1 time]

Réveille-toi, réveille-toi, perdrix mignonne,
Ouvre au matin tes ailes.
Trois grains de beauté,
mon cœur en est brûlé!

Vois le ruban d'or que je t'apporte,
Pour le nouer autour de tes cheveux.
Si tu veux, ma belle, viens nous marier!
Dans nos deux familles, tous sont alliés!

Authorship

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The song to the bride", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Das Lied der Braut", written 2004, copyright © 2004 by M. Th. Langsch, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "Az ifjú menyasszony ébredése", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone della sposa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "El sueño de la novia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Là-bas, vers l'église [sung text checked 1 time]

Là-bas, vers l'église,
Vers l'église Ayio Sidéro,
L'église, ô Vierge sainte,
L'église Ayio Costanndino,
Se sont réunis,
Rassemblés en nombre infini,
Du monde, ô Vierge sainte,
Du monde tous les plus braves!

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)

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Yonder by the Church", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Dort unten bei der Kirche", written 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "Amott, a templomnál", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Laggiù, presso la chiesa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. Quel Galant m'est comparable [sung text checked 1 time]

Quel galant m'est comparable,
D'entre ceux qu'on voit passer?
Dis, dame Vassiliki?

Vois, pendus à ma ceinture,
pistolets et sabre aigu...
Et c'est toi que j'aime!

Authorship

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What Gallant Compares with Me?", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Welcher Anbeter ist mit mir vergleichbar", written 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "Melyik szerető fogható hozzám", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quale spasimante può starmi a pari", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "¿Qué galán se puede comparar conmigo?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques [sung text checked 1 time]

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)

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5. Tout gai! [sung text checked 1 time]

Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai!
[Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse;
Belle jambe]¹, la vaisselle danse,
Tra la la la la...

Authorship

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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

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¹ as printed according to the Dover score; however, one CD booklet has "Belle jambes, tireli, qui dansent;/ Belle jambes".

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]