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Quel galant m'est comparable, D'entre ceux qu'on voit passer? Dis, dame Vassiliki? Vois, pendus à ma ceinture, pistolets et sabre aigu... Et c'est toi que j'aime!
Authorship
- by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- 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), "Quel Galant m'est comparable", M. A. 9 no. 3 (1904-6) [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "What Gallant Compares with Me?", copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Welcher Anbeter ist mit mir vergleichbar", 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "¿Qué galán se puede comparar conmigo?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Quale spasimante può starmi a pari", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "Melyik szerető fogható hozzám", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 26
Quale spasimante può starmi a pari, fra quelli che passano per la via? Sai dirmelo, signora Vassiliki? Vedi, dalla mia cintura pendono pistole e affilati coltelli... E a te sola va il mio amore!
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- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 34