The Song of the Girls Collecting Mastic | O joy of my soul

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by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques

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

Our translations: ENG GER HUN ITA SPA

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 !

Text Authorship:

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

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

by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques", subtitle: "D'après Maurice RAVEL", 2008 [mixed chorus of 12 voices], Éditions Durand [ sung text not verified ]
by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques", M. A. 9 no. 4 (1904-6) [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 4. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The Song of the Girls Collecting Mastic", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Das Lied der Mastix - Sammlerinnen", 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "Canción de las recolectoras de lentiscos", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Canzone delle raccoglitrici di lentischio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "A pisztáciaszedőnők dala", 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: 12
Word count: 56

The Song of the Girls Collecting Mastic

Language: English after the French (Français)

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!

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) [an adaptation]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60