Text & Translation
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Greek source:
Traditional folk song
o, ts' antzelika foreneis.
E ts' antzelika pateis ti gi,
i ki oles tas nies maraineis.
Oh, you're an angel, my eyes
English translation ©
Oxford Song
Oh, how angelic you appear.
You tread the earth with angelic grace,
And cause all the young women to wither.
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
Greek source:
Traditional folk song
Oh, you're an angel, my eyes
English source:
Oxford Song
O n' antzelos eisai, matia mou,
Oh, you're an angel, my eyes,
o, ts' antzelika foreneis.
Oh, how angelic you appear.
E ts' antzelika pateis ti gi,
You tread the earth with angelic grace,
i ki oles tas nies maraineis.
And cause all the young women to wither.
Composer
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor. In the 1920s and 1930s he was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. He was one of the first composers to acknowledge the potential of recording in making…
