Angels, angels in the sky

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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire

Translation © by Peter Low

Les anges les anges dans le ciel

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG

Les anges les anges dans le ciel
L'un est vêtu en officier
L'un est vêtu en cuisinier
Et les autres chantent

Bel officier couleur du ciel
Le doux printemps longtemps après Noël
Te médaillera
D'un beau soleil.

Le cuisinier plume les oies
Ah! tombe neige
Tombe et que n'ai je
Ma bien-aimée entre mes bras

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Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La blanche neige", written 1911, appears in Alcools, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "La blanche neige", 1945 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Ledent , "La blanche neige", op. 9 no. 1 (1933) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959), "La neige blanche", 1930, from Trois Mélodies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "La blanche neige", FP. 81 no. 1 [ chorus ], from Sept chansons, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "La Blanche neige", 1962 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Angels, angels in the sky

Language: English after the French (Français)

Angels, angels in the sky.
One is dressed as an officer,
one is dressed as a cook,
and the others are singing.

Oh handsome sky-coloured officer,
the sweet springtime long after Christmas
will give you a medal: 
a beautiful sun.

The cook is plucking geese.
Ah! let the snow fall
and fall, and if only
I held my beloved in my arms!

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Translation of title "La blanche neige" = "White snow"

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a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La blanche neige", written 1911, appears in Alcools, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 62