The song to the bride (Calvocoressi, set by (Maurice Ravel)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Chanson de la mariée

Language: French (Français) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Available translation(s): ENG GER HUN ITA SPA

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) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

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

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

by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Chanson de la mariée", M. A. 9 no. 1 (1904-6) [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The song to the bride", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Das Lied der Braut", 2004, copyright © 2004 by M. Th. Langsch, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "El sueño de la novia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Canzone della sposa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "Az ifjú menyasszony ébredése", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

The song to the bride

Language: English after the French (Français)

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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Based on

a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Based on

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47