Submissions by Ward, Marvin J. ( 26 items: 12 texts and 14 translations )

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Translations of entire song cycles (alphabetic order):

• Chansons de Bilitis: Songs of Bilitis

Texts and Translations

• Nose to the wind, light-hearted; title: "Song" [translation]
• Eau pure du bassin, miroir immobile; title: "L'eau pure du bassin"
• You attach to your light hands; title: "The Dancer With Krotales" [translation]
• They danced one in front of the other; title: "The Memory of Mnasidika" [translation]
• Pure water of the basin, motionless mirror; title: "The pure water of the basin" [translation]
• Je suis allée avec Plango; title: "Les Courtisanes égyptiennes"
• Mnasidika m'ayant prise par la main; title: "Le tombeau sans nom"
• Une femme s'enveloppe de laine blanche; title: "Bilitis"
• I went with Plango; title: "The Egyptian Courtesans" [translation]
• Mnasidika having taken me by the hand; title: "The Nameless Tomb" [translation]
• One woman envelops herself in white wool; title: "Bilitis" [translation]
• «Ombre du bois où elle devait venir, dis-moi
• Bergeronnette, oiseau de Kypris, chante; title: "Les Comparaisons"
• Shade of the woods where she was to come; title: "Song" [translation]
• Little Sparrow, bird of Kypris, sing with our first desires! The; title: "Comparisons" [translation]
• Comme nous l'aimions toutes les deux; title: "La partie d'osselets"
• Je suis aimée des petits enfants; dès qu'ils; title: "Les contes"
• Since we both love him; title: "The Game of Jacks" [translation]
• I am beloved of the little children; title: "The tales" [translation]
• Night is ending. The stars are fading away; title: "The Morning Rain" [translation]
• Il faut chanter un chant pastoral, invoquer; title: "Chant pastoral"
• Dès que la nuit monte au ciel
• We must sing a pastoral song, invoke Pan; title: "Pastoral Song" [translation]
• As soon as the night climbs up into the sky [translation]
• Tu attaches à tes mains légères; title: "La Danseuse aux crotales"
• Elles dansaient l'une devant l'autre; title: "Le Souvenir de Mnasidika"

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