May song | May! May! May!

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by Armand Gasquy (1851 - 1934)

Translation © by Peter Low

Chanson de mai

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Mai ! Mai ! Mai ! 
Beau mois de Mai, 
Beau mois de Mai,
Verse Rayons, parfums, rêves et chants ;
Beau mois de Mai!
Qu'il sorte des nids gazouillants
Un hosannah plein d'allégresse.
Beau mois de Mai ! 
Beau mois de Mai !

Toute la terre est une fleur,
L'immense ciel est un portique,
Et dans son amour magnifique,
La terre offre au ciel son bonheur.
Beau mois de Mai ! Beau mois de Mai !
Verse Rayons, parfums, rêves et chants ;
La terre offre au ciel son bonheur.
Mai ! Mai ! Mai !

Text Authorship:

by Armand Gasquy (1851 - 1934) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Biagio Allievo [text unavailable]
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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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Chanson de mai", 1907, published 1908 [SSA trio or chorus and piano], from Le poème des fleurs, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Peter Low) , title 1: "May song", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 17
Word count: 85

May song

Language: English after the French (Français)

May! May! May!
Oh beautiful month of May,
Oh beautiful month of May,
pour down your rays, scents, dreams and songs.
Oh beautiful month of May,
call forth from the chirping nests
a hosanna full of bliss.
Oh beautiful month of May,
Oh beautiful month of May!

The whole earth is a flower,
the great arching sky is a portico,
and the earth in its magnificent love,
offers up to heaven its joy. 
Oh beautiful month of May,
pour down your rays, scents, dreams and songs;
the earth offers up to heaven its joy.
May! May! May!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Peter Low, (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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Armand Gasquy (1851 - 1934)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Biagio Allievo [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-27
Line count: 17
Word count: 97