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Five Popular Greek Melodies
Translations © by Emily Ezust
Song Cycle by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
View original-language texts alone: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
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)
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Awake, awake, my darling partridge, Open to the morning your wings. Three beauty marks; my heart is on fire! See the ribbon of gold that I bring To tie round your hair. If you want, my beauty, we shall marry! In our two families, everyone is related!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Word count: 47
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!
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- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]
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Yonder, by the church, By the church of Ayio Sidero, The church, o blessed Virgin, The church of Ayio Costanndino, There are gathered, Assembled in numbers infinite, The world's, o blessed Virgin, All the world's most decent folk!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Line count: 8
Word count: 38
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!
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- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
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What gallant compares with me, Among those one sees passing by? Tell me, lady Vassiliki! See, hanging on my belt, My pistols and my curved sword. And it is you whom I love!
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Line count: 6
Word count: 33
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 !
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- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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O joy of my soul, joy of my heart, treasure which is so dear to me, joy of my soul and heart, you whom I love ardently, you are more handsome than an angel. O when you appear, angel so sweet, Before our eyes, Like a fine, blond angel, under the bright sun, Alas! all of our poor hearts sigh!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Line count: 12
Word count: 60
Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai! Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse; Belle jambe, la vaisselle danse, Tra la la la la...
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- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
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Everyone is joyous, joyous! Beautiful legs, tireli, which dance, Beautiful legs; even the dishes are dancing! Tra la la, la la la!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22