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Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

Song Cycle by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Translated to:

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

1. Chanson de la Mariée
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Based on:

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

Language: French (Français) 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]

Based on:

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

Language: French (Français) 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Based on:

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

Language: French (Français) 
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 !

Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Song of the Girls Collecting Mastic", copyright ©
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Das Lied der Mastix - Sammlerinnen", written 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "A pisztáciaszedőnők dala", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone delle raccoglitrici di lentischio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Canción de las recolectoras de lentiscos", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

5. Tout gai!
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai!
Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse;
Belle jambe, la vaisselle danse,
Tra la la la la...

Text Authorship:

  • by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Based on:

  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
    • Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Everyone is Joyous!", copyright ©
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Ganz heiter!", written 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "Csupa vidámság!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Tutto è allegro!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "¡Venga alegría!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 183
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