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by Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890)

Chanson Provençale
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Par les nuits sans rivales,
Les belles nuits d'été,
La la la la ! 

Sifflez, chantez cigales !
Célébrez la gaîté ! 
La la la la !

Amoureuses des étoiles,
Vous paraîssez, l'œil mutin. 
Des que l'ombre étend ses voiles, 
Et chantez jusqu'au matin!...
 
Chantez ! Ah chantez ! 
Chantez les belles filles,
Les filles du Midi,
La la la la ! 

En écoutant vos trilles
Songent à leur ami....
La la la la ! Chantez !

Sous le ciel de Provence.
Egrenez en cadence
Vos notes d'or !
La la la la ! 

Que votre voix amie 
Berce, l'âme rame 
L'enfant qui dort ! Ah! 

Parlez nuits sans rivales,
Les belles nuits d'été, 
La la la la! 

Sifflez, chantez cigales ! 
Célébrez la gaîté ! 
La la la la ! 
Ah ! Chantez !

Text Authorship:

  • by Frédéric van der Elst (flourished c1880-1890) [author's text not yet checked 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 Eva Dell'Acqua (1856 - 1930), "Chanson Provençale", published [1890] [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Song of Provencale", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Provencalisches Lied", copyright © 2006, (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: 31
Word count: 119

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