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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!
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
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!
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Line count: 8
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!
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
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!
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) [an adaptation]
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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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!
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
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!
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
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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: 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 !
Authorship:
- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
See other settings of this text.
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
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!
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]
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: 12
Word count: 60
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)
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) , "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
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]
Everyone is joyous, joyous! Beautiful legs, tireli, which dance, Beautiful legs; even the dishes are dancing! Tra la la, la la la!
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
from the LiederNet Archive -- https://www.lieder.net/For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.
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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)
Go to the single-text view
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22