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Don Quixote to Dulcinea

Translations © by Marty Lucas

Song Cycle by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Word count: 202

Original language: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

1. Chanson romanesque [sung text checked 1 time]

Si vous me disiez que la terre
 [ ... ]

Authorship

by Paul Morand (1888 - 1976), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Marty Lucas) , "Romanesque song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Romanttinen laulu", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Romantisches Lied", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "Romanza", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1. Romanesque song

If you told me the eternal turning
 [ ... ]

Authorship

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Marty Lucas

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Paul Morand (1888 - 1976), copyright ©

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.
Note: several corrections were made on Oct 27 2011.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 103

Translation © by Marty Lucas

2. Chanson épique [sung text checked 1 time]

Bon Saint Michel qui me donnez loisir
 [ ... ]

Authorship

by Paul Morand (1888 - 1976), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Marty Lucas) , "Epic song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Eeppinen laulu", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Episches Lied", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Michał Czaposki) , "Pieśń epicka", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "Canción épica", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Epic song

Good Saint Michael, who gives me the chance
 [ ... ]

Authorship

Based on

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Note: translation changed slightly with kind suggestions from Warren W. Kretzschmar

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 99

3. Chanson à boire [sung text checked 1 time]

Foin du bâtard, illustre Dame
 [ ... ]

Authorship

by Paul Morand (1888 - 1976), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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